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May 9, 2007
Education Improvement Tax Credit scholarships have provided tens of thousands of lifeboats to low-income and working-class families looking for the right school for their child. And the state’s $36 million investment in the EITC program is saving PA taxpayers over $294 million per year. Read more »
May 8, 2007

You see, my child has been designated by the board of education as one of many "subjects" who will be undergoing an experimental treatment called "Everyday Math," developed by the Chicago RESEARCH project.

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May 4, 2007
Conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced a bill that would let states opt out of many of the mandates imposed by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Under the new approach, states would be free to use federal education funds as they see fit, provided they maintain student testing to assess their […] Read more »
May 3, 2007

While shrinking class size can be a good thing (after all, what parent wants their child in larger classes with fewer teachers?), research suggests it’s no quick fix for struggling schools.

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May 2, 2007
Like stones cast into the public education waters, charter schools create ripples that can affect conventional public schools nearby.
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May 1, 2007

In this oldie-but-goodie, Lewis Solmon asks why nobody is protesting the dismal state of California schools.

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April 30, 2007

In 1983, A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform was released. This report from the U.S. Department of Education highlighted a number of troubling findings on the state of education in the U.S.

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April 27, 2007

On March 22 the Missouri State Board of Education voted to remove the Saint Louis Public Schools’ provisional accreditation.

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April 26, 2007

We should not kid students about the need for serious reading and academic expository writing, and when we do, we are not educating them, we are cheating them.

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April 25, 2007

Why are teachers outraged over a website that lets students rate their performance?

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