Yet another reason to dread federal control of education: federal officials. For one thing, they actually believe all of that class warfare rhetoric.
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No Unions? No Problem
The April 2011 Center for American Progress report entitled, “Beyond Classroom Walls: Developing Innovative Work Roles for Teachers,” introduces a new line of thinking in the American public education system.
The Truth About American Manufacturing
The nature of the liberal mainstream media and academic elite is such that we typically only hear one side of an argument—and that argument is neither balanced nor contested.
CAP Does It Again
A Union-Friendly Report on Union-Administrator Relations
Teacher Salary Speak
A Center for American Progress (CAP) report, written by Frank Adamson and Linda Darling-Hammond argues for raising schoolteachers’ salaries.
Racing To The Trough
When local officials accept federal funds for the higher purpose of more qualitative national standards in education, about all they get is the “national” part, a trend now evident as states are urged by the federal government to adopt national curriculum standards known as “Common Core.”
Governments Stealing You Blind
Government bureaucrats are rewarded for enlarging and expanding staff and budgets, while cost-cutting innovators are over looked for promotions. In short, the government is “stealing you blind” in the name of the common good.
Searching for Sharia
The adamant position of Professor Asifa Quraishi of the University of Wisconsin Law School is that Sharia is a “way of life” which takes shape in everyday activities such as dietary norms, praying five times a day, doing good and tithing, which are in many ways no different than religious customs of Jews and Christians.
CAP & SEA
At the event held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), CAP Vice President Cynthia Brown gave an overview of the joint report of the potential roles of state education agencies (or SEAs).
Education Reporting Gets Boost
Hard-hitting reporting of higher education has been so abysmal for so long that when newspapers cut back on their coverage of it, readers seldom notice.