California educrats have been fighting higher standards in math for a long time, including last year’s proposal to require all 8th graders to take algebra by 2011.
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Goodbye SAT?
Does Wake Forest University’s decision to go “test-optional” mark a trend deemphasizing the importance of the SAT, or is it part of a carefully-crafted media campaign?
Racing to the Bottom
When a progressive think tank and America’s leading business group get together and critique education in the United States, it’s official and getting more so—public schools may be getting progressively more expensive but they fail to deliver the service they claim to offer.
Historical Fiction
Unfortunately, our collective history is unfamiliar to many American high schoolers. Responses to Common Core’s questionnaire, put to 1,200 17-year-olds, paint a startling portrait of teenage historical and literary ignorance.
UNschooling
Beverly Eakman’s new book, Walking Targets, is a detailed and accurate description of the troubling
and dangerous state of education in contemporary United
States of America.
Man Bites Dog
Believe it or not, in the Dominion state, a Democratic governor is trying to cut education spending while Republicans in the state assembly fight those cuts.
Milton Friedman Vindicated
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may at last be taking a first step toward putting into action the ideas of the late Nobel Laureate and “Father of Modern School Reform.”
Leaning Tower of PISA
A closer analysis of the 2006 PISA results reveals mixed results about the United States’ global competitiveness in science and math.
Dropout Factories
Are American high schools laboratories of learning or “dropout factories”?
Multicultural NCLB
A recent article by Elan Journo of the
Ayn Rand
Institute described how
“transformational
education” is now deeply entrenched in America’s curriculum and
teaching practices.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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