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Puzzled States
In January 2002, President George W. Bush signed a comprehensive revision of the Elementary...
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The Politics of No Child Left Behind
The scene in January 2002 was a civics text come to life. Flanked by...
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Tug of War
The Right wants schools to inculcate civic values. So does the Left. Which is why the public schools should avoid civic education altogether
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Critical Demagogues
To the egoistic and asocial being that has just been born, must, as...
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Let’s Not Play Favorites
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the city of Cleveland's school voucher program...
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Amrein and Berliner defend their study; so does the AFT
One would think that economist Michael Podgursky ("Fringe Benefits," Check the Facts, Summer 2003) would analyze teachers' salaries through the lens of supply and demand.
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Progressively Worse
Getting It Wrong from the Beginning: Our Progressivist Inheritance from Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget by Kieran Egan
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Sensitivity Training
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
by Diane Ravitch
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Ignorance and Confidence
Mark Twain once said, "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and...
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