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Free to choose, and learn

with Milton Friedman, Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Economist
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Few ideas in education are more controversial than vouchers—letting parents choose to educate their children wherever they wish at the taxpayer's expense...

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How School Testing Got Corrupted

by Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Ask almost any teacher or principal, and they will tell you that testing has gotten out of hand...

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Inquiry or Indoctrination?

with Milton Friedmanvia Inside Higher Education
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Let’s face it: Comp 101 doesn’t tend to be the most controversial of courses...

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AAUW's Fuzzy Math an Insult to Women

with Diane Ravitchvia Conservative Voice
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Equal Pay Day has become one of our annual rites of Spring...

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Education Next: Education Secretary Margaret Spellings Faces Tough Test in NCLB Reauthorization Fight

with Education Nextvia Business Wire
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is likely to be facing the fight of her career when the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) takes center stage in the coming months...

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Most Nations Seen Falling Short of NAEP ‘Proficiency’

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Week
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Outside of a handful of Asian nations, the typical 8th grader in many foreign countries would not meet “proficient” levels on U.S. tests of mathematics and science, a new reanalysis of international achievement shows...

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Academic Centers Taking Root on University Campuses

with Peter Berkowitzvia PR Newswire
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

In an effort to restore the teaching of our nation's founding principles at colleges and universities and produce the next generation of professors prepared to effectively teach America's history and institutions, new academic centers of excellence are now active at the University of Chicago; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Texas, Austin; and Emory University...

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How To Fix the Public Schools

by Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

It is really truly hard to keep track of all the studies and reports that appear on what seems to be a daily basis about how to fix the public schools...

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Commentary: School Reform Must Foster Competition

with Milton Friedman, Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Heartland Institute
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

If nothing else, the U.S. Department of Education proved earlier this year it can collect and report telling statistics about the condition of K-12 schooling...

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Education should determine immigrants' legal status, Mitt Romney says

with Hoover Institutionvia San Jose Mercury News
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

On a day when tens of thousands of people marched in support of allowing illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in Silicon Valley Tuesday that education and skills, not just family connections,should determine who should be granted legal status in the U.S...

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