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Rethinking Big ED
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
1.11.2010
In today's Wall Street Journal Clark S. Judge offers his top 10 tips for a winning political strategy urging readers to, "Take a lesson from Ronald Reagan and emphasize that your programs are based on consistent principles leading to a hopeful future for all Americans." One area failing this litmus test is the Department of Education-and we have even more reason today than 20 years ago to ponder whether Big ED has delivered on its promises. We'll recall that in 1980 Ronald Reagan asked voters, "Are you better off than you were fours years ago?" Modern readers should ask whether today's students will be as well educated as previous generations. Evidence is not encouraging.
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Scrooging Schoolchildren
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
12.14.2009
Memo to anyone who still believes Santa Claus resides in our nation's capitol. Back in 1986 President Ronald Reagan told small business leaders that "government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Yesterday, government once again lived down to its reputation.
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The Lessons of Race To The Top
By: Evelyn B. Stacey on 1.20.2010
Yesterday California submitted its application for Race To The Top funds to the U.S. Department of Education. The state recently passed two pieces of legislation to vie for the funds, and by some accounts the process has already been beneficial.
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On the Merits of Merit Pay
By: Rachel Chaney on 1.13.2010
Last week California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two education bills that will make California more competitive for federal “Race to the Top” (RTTT) grants. The bills endured months of wrangling in the legislature and reformers remain concerned that the measures will not translate into the sweeping changes needed to improve California’s broken education system.
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California Focus: 'Race to the Top' won't get there
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 1.26.2010
As California and other states scramble for shares of Barack Obama's $4 billion pot of "Race to the Top" education funds, it's easy to overlook the recent dagger to the heart dealt by the president and the Democratic-controlled Congress to the successful and popular Washington, D.C., school-choice voucher program.
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An education system more American than America's
By: Clayton McCleskey on 1.15.2010
While Texas is struggling to lift sagging standards in its public education system, Sweden's schools are rockin' and rollin'. But Sweden's approach to education is culturally all-American. The Swedish model encourages competition and empowers individuals to take responsibility for their own education.
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