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Obama’s F

by Liam Julianvia National Review Online
Monday, July 7, 2008

The sky over Washington, D.C., was gray and gloomy this past Saturday when Barack Obama addressed thousands of members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers’ union, who had assembled several blocks from the Capitol for their annual convention...

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The Graying of College Faculties

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, July 6, 2008

A recent New York Times article indicated that the fraction of full-time faculty members in the United States older than age 50 more than doubled between 1969 and 2005, increasing from 23 percent to over 50 percent...

Analysis and Commentary

Come Study La Raza

by Liam Julianvia National Review Online
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The name of the nation’s most visible, self-defined Latino civil-rights organization, the National Council of La Raza, translates as the National Council of The Race...

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No Child Left Behind due change

with Diane Ravitchvia Sand Springs Leader (OK)
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

It is said that confession is good for the soul and so is vindication...

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6 states to design own plans for fixing schools

with Margaret (Macke) Raymondvia Washington Post
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law...

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Too many children left behind, groups say

with Diane Ravitchvia People's Weekly World
Monday, June 30, 2008

Two new national groups, the Task Force for A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education and the Education Equality Project, have denounced the No Child Left Behind Law as a failure and called for a new course for education that will bring about equal opportunity and educational excellence for the neediest students...

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Setback for Philadelphia Schools Plan

with Paul E. Petersonvia Washington Post
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Six years ago, the Philadelphia School District embarked on what was considered the country's boldest education privatization experiment, putting 38 schools under private management to see if the free market could educate children more efficiently than the government...

In the News

Americans See Education Benefits, but Don’t Realize U.S. Falling Behind

with Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institutionvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, June 27, 2008

Americans see the link between a country’s education system and its economic prosperity...

In the News

Update: Leading Economists and Educators Debate the Economic Implications of the Crisis in American Education

with Eric Hanushekvia PR Newswire
Thursday, June 26, 2008

The results of a new national poll about education and the economy will be among the topics of discussion at a policy forum on June 27th hosted by ED in '08 Chairman Roy Romer and Librarian of Congress Dr. James H. Billington...

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Reports, Reform, and Hype

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I can’t believe that we are debating the message of A Nation at Risk in 2008, a quarter century after it appeared!...

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