Scores in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina have jumped considerably at a time when the majority of the city’s public schools have become charter schools.
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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.”
School Boards Shun Unions
Even more so than the recent defeats in states such as Wisconsin, a sure sign of the declining influence of teacher unions is the distance that school boards are putting between themselves and the union reps.
Impending Obama-NEA Chill?
A new move by the Obama Administration may actually move education reform further than No Child Left Behind ever did.
Media Breakthrough on Education
A seminal trend may be occurring in media coverage of education, at least at the K-12 level: The press is starting to notice where the problem comes from.
Liberals Seize Educational Reform
The educational reforms some conservatives have championed for decades may actually have a chance at a second life now that a few liberals have embraced them.
Teach For Two Americas
Teach for America, the creation of yesterday’s Left, is becoming the bete noire of today’s.
D. C. Schools at Twilight
A Democratic mayor’s loss could mean an end to the first real school reform Washington, D. C. ever knew.
LA Unified & Education Reform
Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Teachers Union called for its members to boycott the Los Angeles Times over the impending publication of a study that rated the effectiveness of some 6,000 elementary school teachers.
Teacher’s Union Media Boycott
The Los Angeles Times is facing a boycott from the city’s teachers union after publishing a study that analyzed the effectiveness of over 6,000 elementary school teachers.