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From Thatcherism and Reaganism to . . .

In a story in the Sunday Times of London, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, a leading spokesman for liberal economics, says this about the Obama budget: It is the boldest budget we have seen since the Reagan administration, and drives a nail in

Mar. 03   5:33 pm

Full Story at Commentary


Some state lawmakers fighting stimulus

CONCORD, N.H. ? For small-government die-hards, the $787 billion economic stimulus bill recently passed by Congress isn't a life saver. It's the last straw. Several lawmakers are sponsoring resolutions ? most of them only symbolic ? asserting state

Mar. 03   4:52 pm

Full Story at Southeast Missourian


AASA: Educate the 'total child'

Superintendents' association burnishes its stature as a national player under the Obama administration Duncan is focusing on rural schools as stimulus funds flow to districts nationwide. Three days after his confirmation as U.S.

Mar. 03   4:32 pm

Full Story at eSchool News


Harwood: 'They oughta back off'

Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, wants Idaho to declare its sovereignty from the federal government. He persuaded the House State Affairs Committee, on a 13-4 vote, to introduce his resolution this morning, though some members objected to his

Mar. 03   4:28 pm

Full Story at Eye on Boise


On Moderation

Great response to Brooks, but I want to take on this point you raise rather casually here: His education plan is also small-c conservative, working within the current, failed-to-mediocre system of local-controlled public education and rejecting some of

Mar. 03   2:20 pm

Full Story at Time Magazine


Illegal teacher licensing alleged

Thousands of Hawai'i teachers may be carrying invalid teaching licenses because the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board has been granting illegal extensions since 2003, state Auditor Marion Higa said in an audit released yesterday. The Hawaii Teacher

Mar. 03   12:58 am

Full Story at The Honolulu Advertiser


Teacher standards board slammed

State Auditor Higa says to return licensing responsibility to the Board of Education The state auditor recommends that the Legislature dismantle the independent teacher standards board it created 14 years ago and return teacher licensing responsibility

Mar. 03   12:23 am

Full Story at Honolulu Star-Bulletin


Hey, we've all got problems (obligatory anti-standardized testing post)

When I get a note from the teacher "Tuesday is standardized testing day. Please emphasize to your child the importance of yadda yadda ya," it's like being on a computer chat line with customer service. Teacher only has a limited range of responses

Mar. 03   10:51 am

Full Story at Blue Gal


The truths about TAKS

Myth No. 1 TAKS is one of the best measures of the job a school is doing. Second-graders Kameron Patt (middle) and Ammon Huang (right) cheer on third-grade students at Allen's Marion Elementary School before the start of TAKS testing. Third-graders,

Mar. 03   9:37 am

Full Story at WFAA


Letters -- Published March 3, 2009

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Mar. 03   8:45 am

Full Story at Recordnet.com


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