Monday, December 17, 2007

Incomes Up in California ... 

... for legislators, school superintendents

Filed As:  Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), General

Salaries for legislators in California will now be $116,208 per year, says the Pacific Research Institute. I imagine that comes with a rather nice health plan, too.

K. Lloyd Billingsley doesn't beat on legislators ... more »»

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• 8:52 am
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

No More Charter School Applications; We're too Busy 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

Edspresso has a few comments on the expanding demand for charter schools--and one state board's reluctance to allow more of them.

One amazing fact is the disproportionate number of charter schools on a list of ... more »»

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• 9:38 am
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Friday, December 7, 2007

Trouble in Paradise 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

On this Pearl Harbor Day, I think of Hawaii. That state's think tank, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, tells us that the school system there has a lot of work to do:

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• 10:06 am
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Double Down on Losing Bets 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

George F. Will tears into No Child Left Behind and state (as well as federal) politicians in a recent column that is loaded with tart commentary.

Here's the first ... more »»

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• 12:53 pm
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Stupid Parents! 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

John Tillman, chairman of the Illinois Policy Institute , uses a riff on the old Mark Twain quote about parents and children to describe public policy towards education.

Twain, you might recall, said something like this: "When I was a boy of ... more »»

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• 8:27 am
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Thursday, December 6, 2007

A Rebellion Against Mainstreaming 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

So how’s that mainstreaming working out?

The Wall Street Journal (subscriber’s link) recently reported on a rebellion against the idea of mainstreaming special education students by placing them in ... more »»

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• 9:42 am
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

University, Meet Charter School 

Filed As:  Education (higher), Education (k-12)

Terry Stoops, of the John Locke Foundation, suggests that the University of North Carolina start running some charter schools on its campuses.

The logic: the university can update its teacher training program and charter schools need teachers.

Stoops, an education policy analyst for the ... more »»

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• 11:46 am
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Monday, December 3, 2007

State Programs Advance School Choice 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

Looking for some ideas on how to advance school choice in your state? The U.S. Department of Education has compiled a list of real-world, actually-in-use programs that are in the states. These include tax ... more »»

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• 2:10 pm
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Monday, December 3, 2007

School Choice for All 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

Lance Izumi, of the Pacific Research Institute, discusses the merits of school choice in a  video clip from Kudlow and Company, available on the PRI web site .

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• 11:15 am
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

U.S. Students Fall Behind ... Again 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

We don't really need another indicator of the need for school reform here in the U.S., but we got another one, in the form of an international comparison of math and science.

Says the Associated Press story titled more »»

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• 2:36 pm
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