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Political correctness tsunami
Latest wave of U.S. history trivalization is about to crash over the public schools. State leaders will need to decide on answers to plenty of questions. For example, does Sikhism, the world’s fifth...
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Indoctrination
University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development — that ought to be a tipoff — proposes “remedial re-education” of teacher candidates who don’t see America as a racist, sexist and...
View ArticleThe latest warming
Schools will be in deep doo when the “stimulus’ runs out. We’ve been saying this for months, and you’ll be hearing these warnings again, from us and others, in the months ahead as governments’ fiscal...
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Johnny can’t read because his teachers can’t teach. “I’m rightly alarmed,” said state Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan. “It’s clear to me there hasn’t been enough attention to the science” of...
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More great moments in education
Nearly 200 schools in Georgia are accused of cheating on standardized tests. Governor vows he won’t accept a whitewash as state orders schools to investigate themselves, “even in districts where the...
View ArticleA new look at school reform
Diane Ravitch, a pioneer of school choice, comes out against the current direction of school reform. The current emphasis on accountability has created a punitive atmosphere in the schools. The Obama...
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First lady says schools should plant gardens to teach children about good nutrition and combat childhood obesity. Unfortunately, this is likely to produce grievances from custodians and groundskeepers...
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More teachers, fewer students
From 2000 to 2009, New York schools added “14,746 teachers and 8,655 nonteaching professionals” even as enrollment fell 121,280. Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch pointed out in a Wall Street Journal op-ed...
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ConnCAN’s triumph
Congratulations to ConnCAN (the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now), a group advocating public school reform, for creating a database of teachers contracts. It’s available here. The idea is...
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