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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Twenty Four Percent of CA Students Don't Graduate HS

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:47 PM

We're not spending enough money!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Change We Can Believe In: DC Vouchers

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:38 PM

Where does Senator Obama stand?

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

University Searches for Conservative

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:12 PM

They're so Left that the Chancellor finally gets concerned. He's decided to find a conservative. Well, we have to give him credit for that.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Chabad Rabbi Turns Around Bronx School

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:36 PM

How did he do it? He fired a bunch of incompetent teachers among other things. Educators are shocked by his success.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Indoctrinate U.

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:00 PM

Guest host Charlie Sykes talks to Evan Maloney, the writer and director of Indoctrine U., a documentary on the sorry state of academic freedom on our campuses. You can see a trailer for the film here.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:09 PM

Charles Sykes, radio and television host at WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute guest hosts for Dennis. His new book is 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education.

You can find out more about Charlie and email him here.

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Friday, August 24, 2007

Why Affirmative Action Never Works

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:25 PM

Minority students get admitted to law schools they're not prepared for, get discouraged and drop out. How hard is that to understand? ($ required for full article)

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Friday, August 24, 2007

13-year-old Suspended for Sketching Gun

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:08 PM

Is this "war on 13-year-old boys month"?

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Boys on Trial for Slapping Girls on the Butt

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:09 PM

The DA calls it a sex crime. You decide. Here's a video interview of the boys. This is another Duke La Crosse style prosecution. If anything it's worse.

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Friday, June 29, 2007

The Seattle School Case That Started It All

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:10 PM

A Seattle woman couldn't get her daughter into the neighborhood school -- because she was white.

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Corruption of American Education

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:03 PM

Dennis talks to Neal McCluskey, a policy analyst with Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom and author of Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education.

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Monday, June 18, 2007

No Touching at Virginia School

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:28 PM

Another zero tolerance policy that's guaranteed to fail. How about some common sense and moderation? Draconian measures seldom work and usually back-fire.

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

No Child Left Behind Program Working

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:09 PM

Test scores have soared, according to independent report. Let's see how much credit GW gets for this. You can guess.

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Friday, May 25, 2007

States Average over $8K Per Student

Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:42 PM

That's the average. Look at what NY pays. You still think money is the problem?

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007