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For the record: Desperate times for education

with Eric Hanushekvia Sacramento Bee
Monday, March 19, 2007

Last week, editorial board members met with education experts connected with the just-released "Getting Down to Facts," a package of 22 studies on school finance and governance in California by 55 researchers from across the country...

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Out of Many, One

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Thursday, March 15, 2007

When the founding fathers chose the Latin phrase E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one — as the national motto, an event that took place concurrent with the 13 colonies declaring their independence, the intent was to dramatize the reality that these 13 separate entities had indeed come together as one...

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AACTE Warned of Efforts to Harm Public Education

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Diane Ravitch, no friend of the current state of teacher education, got a standing ovation from an unlikely crowd last week: a roomful of deans and directors gathered here for the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education...

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Education Next: Flawed Research by Educational Software Companies Comes at High Cost to Schools

with Education Nextvia Business Wire
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

In a rush to meet requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act that instructional materials purchased with federal aid be scientifically proven effective, educational software companies are promoting research that is substandard and often misleading, according to a new report in the spring 2007 issue of Education Next...

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Which Status Quo Should We Change?

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

In their Feb. 21, 2007, letter to the editor rebutting Diane Ravitch’s Commentary on the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce ("‘Tough Choices’: Radical Ideas, Misguided Assumptions," Jan. 17, 2007), Thomas W. Payzant and Charles B. Reed build their case on the claim that the United States has the second-most-expensive system of education in the developed world, but only mediocre results...

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New Brooklyn School To Offer Middle East Studies

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

A new public secondary school that is to include Middle Eastern studies in its curriculum will focus on culture, not the region's political conflicts, Department of Education officials said yesterday...

Analysis and Commentary

What Innovators Can, and Cannot, Do

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via American Enterprise Institute
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

K-12 education should abound with opportunities for entrepreneurial activity...

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Education Next: New Study Debunks Myth about Special Education Costs

with Education Nextvia Business Wire
Monday, March 5, 2007

A new study published in the spring 2007 issue of Education Next refutes claims that rising special education costs are draining resources from nondisabled public education students...

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Will Klein Seek Private Help on Merit Pay?

with Eric Hanushek, Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Monday, March 5, 2007

After a series of failed efforts to set up a merit pay system for public school teachers, Chancellor Joel Klein could turn next to private funders...

Analysis and Commentary

Bridging Differences

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Monday, March 5, 2007

Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch have found themselves at odds on policy over the years, but they share a passion for improving schools...

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