American History in Public Education

July 13, 2010 by admin

Governor Chris Cristy On The Failed Promise Of Public Education

June 3, 2010 by Anonymous

Training Teachers to Promote 'Social Justice'

May 31, 2010 by Anonymous

Education Reporter
by Mary Grabar
http://eagleforum.org/educate/2010/may10/focus.html

Disparagement of knowledge was evident at the National Council for the Social Studies conference I attended last November in Atlanta. There, 3,200 teachers were continuing their studies in pedagogy, and gaining continuing and graduate credit to bump them into higher salaries. Most worked for public schools, so taxpayers footed the bill: the $267 registration fee, plus membership dues, travel and lodging, and the hiring of substitute teachers.

Mass. wonders if race to top is worth it

May 31, 2010 by Anonymous

Friday, May 28, 2010
The Providence Journal
By RICKI MORELL
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_massskool_05-28-10_...

BOSTON

By most measures of student achievement, Massachusetts ranks first in the nation. But in the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for $4.35 billion in federal education money, the state failed to make the grade.

Now, a debate is brewing in Massachusetts and a handful of other states over a vexing question: Is the Race to the Top a race worth winning?

The Phony Funding Crisis

May 31, 2010 by Anonymous

Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend

By Arthur Peng and James Guthrie
http://educationnext.org/the-phony-funding-crisis/
Winter 2010 / Vol. 10, No. 1

Why National Standards Won’t Fix American Education: Misalignment of Power and Incentives

May 28, 2010 by admin

Heritage Foundation
Published on May 21, 2010
by Lindsey Burke and Jennifer Marshall
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/05/Why-National-Standards-...

Village Academic Curriculum: Bullying is Discrimination

May 28, 2010 by admin

"Uh," "um," "I guess." That's pretty much the gist of Sen. Al Franken's (D-Comedy Central/Minnesota) description of his proposed Student Non-Discrimination Act, which, according to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), "would prohibit discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity." Or at least Franken kind of sort of seems to think so.

Legislature OK's bill to send public money to private schools

May 28, 2010 by admin

By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Published: 5/26/2010 10:34 PM
Last Modified: 5/26/2010 10:34 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Senate sent Gov. Brad Henry a bill on Wednesday that would allow public dollars to follow students with disabilities to private school.

House Bill 3393, by Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, passed the Senate by a vote of 25-22.

While supporters called it a scholarship bill, critics charged that it is a voucher bill that would hurt public education.