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“Won’t Back Down” Sept. 27 Colorado Screening Highlights Parent Power0
- September 17, 2012
About a month ago, I pointed out to you the somewhat disturbing views about parents held by certain figures within the education establishment. Well, here’s going way out on a limb to guess the same crowd won’t be lining up in excitement to watch the new movie Won’t Back Down:
The feature-length film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, […]
READ MOREPlease Don’t Send a Class of Little Eddies on an Occupy Denver Field Trip!0
- August 30, 2012
Should Denver Public Schools use its evaluation system to give teachers the highest rating for encouraging students to “challenge and question the dominant culture” and “work for social justice”? Little Eddie shares an imaginary scenario of a teacher taking his class on a field trip to Occupy Denver. It’s not clear what exactly the language means, but it clearly doesn’t sound like the appropriate role for a teacher! DPS high school teacher John Peterson, who told his story to 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia, certainly agrees.
READ MORECharter School Paradox Makes Case For Adding Private Educational Choice0
- August 28, 2012
A quick hit this afternoon. The Cato Institute’s Adam Schaeffer today has released the summary of a new data analysis by RAND Corporation economist Richard Buddin, seeking to explain what he calls “The Charter School Paradox”:
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On average, charter schools may marginally improve the public education system, but in the process they are wreaking havoc on […]
What Would Drive Families to Deceive to Get a Child into Aspen Schools?0
- August 27, 2012
A little over 18 months ago, a story broke out of Ohio that a mom was charged with a felony for falsifying information about where she lived to get her daughter into a different public school. Neither Kelley Williams-Bolar nor any other parent should be forced to choose between finding a better education and obeying […]
READ MORENew PDK/Gallup Public Education Survey Results More Helpful in Context0
- August 22, 2012
Update, 8/22: Intercepts blogger Mike Antonucci makes some incisive observations about the need for better-informed voters while asserting that the PDK/Gallup results are not that significant, noting he “wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot poll.”
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It’s late August and back-to-school season, which means it’s once again time for the new Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) / Gallup […]Competing with Vouchers, Indiana Public Schools Step Up Marketing Efforts0
- August 21, 2012
As I told you a couple months ago, the nation’s largest voucher program — enacted by Indiana in 2011 — is growing quickly in both popularity and promise.
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In the Hoosier State, more than 8,000 students from low- and middle-income families are taking advantage of the private option provided by the new choice scholarships. And […]
