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July 5, 2011
Catching up to the reality already faced by many of its members, the nation’s largest teachers’ union on Monday affirmed for the first time that […]
July 5, 2011
Today’s Star-Ledger has the political backstory on the fragile state of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, otherwise known as the voucher bill. While advocates had been […]
July 3, 2011
Reverend Reginald Jackson, head of the Black Ministers Council, bemoans the postponement of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, the voucher bill: I understand that most of […]
July 1, 2011
David Brooks in today’s New York Times considers the views of educational historian Diane Ravitch, once one of “the leading intellects behind the education reform […]
June 30, 2011
ProPublica, which describes itself as “journalism in the public interest,” has a study out on America’s “opportunity gap.” Using data from the U.S. Department of […]
June 30, 2011
“Education is the New Abortion,” says Richard Whitmire in the Daily News: From the perspective of most teachers, poverty explains education problems. A valid point. […]