What if it turns out that voters will on occassion allow tax increases?
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Does Changing the Dropout Age Matter?
In the State of the Union, Obama pushed states to adopt a dropout age of 18. But will that help more kids graduate?
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Rick Scott’s Strange Math
If the Florida governor’s push for $1 billion more in school funding sounds too good to be true, it’s probably because it is.
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Common Sense Radicalism
Across the country, governors are eagerly advocating teacher evaluations based on test results. Jerry Brown is taking a different approach.
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Bad Education
In Arizona, only the courts can save ethnic-studies programs in public schools.
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Identical Twins: One Boy, One Girl
Bathrooms are the ground zero of transgender battles, the equivalent of shared showers in the military debates.
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Department of Ed Lets Schools Off the Hook — for Now
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Department of Education officially released standards for states to exempt themselves from certain provisions of the No Child Left Behind law. Many states are desperate to avoid the consequences of failing to meet the requirements of the 2001 law, which mandates that all students be 100 percent proficient […]
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Adoption Is Not a Solution for Poor Children
Dr. Jane Aronson is a beloved and dedicated figure in the world of international adoption. It’s a big deal when she weighs in, which she did this week in response to recent coverage of adoption fraud like the exposes in The New York Times about China’s system along with extensive coverage by the Los Angeles […]
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High Hopes, Measured Expectations
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s initiative to help young black and Latino men is well intentioned, but history says it is unlikely to succeed.
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Rick Perry Talks About Sex
We sure are talking about Rick Perry a lot. But why stop now — he’s not only new, but interesting in ways that some of his opponents aren’t. Jonathan Chait brings us this video of Perry seemingly flummoxed when confronted with the fact that his preferred policy of abstinence education doesn’t work to stop teen […]
