Could the progress in No Child Left Behind come from private tutors? Why not cut out the middleman?
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Charter School Corruption
Not all education reforms work out the way that reformers intended them to.
Academic Watch List
Yale may have extricated itself from one controversy when it rejected the application for a Bachelor’s degree from a former Taliban official already taking classes at the new Haven campus. Nonetheless, today’s sons of Eli foster an atmosphere in which indulgence of terrorism can flourish.
College Rankings Deconstructed
Every year millions of American parents and students pore over U. S. News and World Report’s college rankings to select the institution of higher learning of their choice but inside the Ivory Tower, the denizens may have a different reaction to the famous survey.
Diverse Supply & Demand
There is an affirmative action problem but it is not the one that either side of the controversy thinks is prevalent.
As Easy as ABC?
Science fiction novelist William Gibson once said, “The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.” The same could be said of many innovative ideas in education reform.
No College Left Behind?
The plan that U. S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s commission on higher education has concocted to transform the Ivory Tower looks a lot like No Child Left Behind—three parts funding, one part accountability. Nonetheless, as with NCLB and primary grades, the portion of the scheme that has the faculty lounge most apprehensive is the transparency section.
Maryland Middle School Repression
Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit in defense of the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a seventh grader who was allegedly ordered by a Maryland middle school employee to stop reading her Bible during free time at school or face disciplinary action.
Prayer at the pole
Wednesday, September 27th, is the 17th annual official See You at the Pole prayer rally that will be held on the grounds of public schools around the United States.
Fuzzy Math Fails Vouchers
Heritage Foundation analyst, Shanea Watkins cautions those who wish to tout public school performance as reflected by recent NCES stats.