Common Core
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Education
Would You Bet on This ‘Next Big Thing’ in Education Reform?
by Robert Holland June 29, 2017Many parents and community leaders might have enjoyed attending a May 17th summit in Burlingame, California on “reimagining” pre-K–12 education, where attendees brainstormed “the next big thing” in school reform.
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Uncategorized
Key Women Educators Discuss America’s Learning Climate at Heartland Institute
by Nancy Thorner June 5, 2017Education is in need of strong and capable leaders. On Wednesday, May 24, the Heartland Institute presented a discussion with four such leaders in its Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center.
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In the land of the free, surely choice eventually will triumph over the dreary imposed sameness of a Common Core.
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President Donald Trump may receive little or no credit anytime soon from within the public-education establishment for potentially easing the dead weight of federal mandates from the pursuit of learning in classrooms across the country.
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Determined progress on the “civil rights issue of our time,” despite unfortunate Republican opposition.
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Dig it, tweet it: Technology genius Bill Gates discovers common folks have used technology to drive down support for his Common Core scheme.
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Last month, more than six million people across the nation rallied, danced, and wore colorful scarves at 21,000 events celebrating National School Choice Week.
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Kiarre Harris withdrew her children from the Buffalo Public School District in December 2016. Less than a month later, Child Protective Services (CPS) showed up at her door with police…
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Betsy DeVos survived a Senate confirmation process made bitter because of the opposition of the teachers unions, which fear that she can parlay her advocacy of school choice into much bigger gains for choice in her powerful new position.
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A U.S. Department of Education study conducted at the end of Obama’s tenure finds what has been obvious for the past decades: substantial federal spending alongside strict regulation helps schools improve not one iota.
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Education
The Left Didn’t Groove to the Beat of School Choice Week
by Robert Holland February 10, 2017The record-breaking numbers for the seventh annual National School Choice Week (NSCW), which wrapped up January 28, were stunning.
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Education
Grizzlies, Guns, and Games of Gotcha: How the Left Whiffed on Betsy DeVos
by Robert Holland January 27, 2017Who is “smarter than the average bear?”
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EducationFeatured
Teachers Unions Know School Choice Would Be A National Game-Changer
by Teresa Mull January 24, 2017The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest labor union, sent a mass e-mail last week urging supports to “Tell your senators: Vote NO on Betsy DeVos.”