For just two years, a groundbreaking masters program provided a handful of foreigners with a rare insider’s glimpse into Iran. Until it became a victim of Ahmadinejad’s neo-isolationism.
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What Are Teacher’s Unions For?
Over at TAP, Richard Kahlenberg, author of a new biography of union giant Albert Shanker, argues for the relevance of teacher’s unions and reminds us of their original purpose: In the 1950s, prior to when Albert Shanker and other New York City teachers forged the modern teacher union movement, teachers engaged in “collective begging” rather […]
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A World Without Teacher Unions?
Despite the myriad criticisms of teacher unions, their abolition would be a huge loss for supporters of public education — and for the American labor movement as a whole.
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NOLA’s Failed Education Experiment
Privatization runs amok in the post-Katrina New Orleans school system.
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Why Is This Election Different From All Other Elections?
Pollster Stan Greenberg runs through some of the trends that he thinks will render 2008 a unique, and possibly even transformative, election: * The Democrats’ lead in both the Presidential and Congressional races is undiminished in the ‘core’ group of the most likely voters. Usually, the Republicans cut some of the margin on Election Day […]
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Does John Edwards Need an Ivy Education?
Steven Stark writes: There’s no doubt that Edwards made a mistake with the haircut, and that wealthy populist candidates are not easily forgiven for reminding people that they have money. But most candidates on the trail spend a lot on personal appearances — it’s part of the game. […] No, Edwards’s problem is different, and […]
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COMPASSION CONSERVATISM REDUX.
COMPASSION CONSERVATISM REDUX. Former Bush speech writer Michael Gerson is a welcome addition to the Washington Post op-ed page because, as one of the guys who actually believed in compassionate conservatism, he’s willing to say things other conservatives just won’t. Today, for instance, he admits that Evangelical teenagers, those same kids who are wearing chastity […]
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The Freedom to I-Bank
Daniel Brook’s new book explores who is to blame for the rise of the young, liberal “sell-out” and why the phenomenon hurts America
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Why We Don’t Vacation Like the French
How come Americans don’t take a month off every summer, even though we’d like to? Blame it on individualism.
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Generations
This is why I’m not a huge fan of generational labeling. It’s possible, just possible, that in a cohort comprising tens of millions of people from a host of different socioeconomic, regional, educational, and racial backgrounds, there could be both driven overachievers and slovenly slackers milling about. And others besides! Hell, I think I have […]
