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EDUCATION NOTEBOOK ARCHIVE

 
 
  •  Shady Dealings: School teachers deserve union transparency 6/30/2009

  •  What Congress Can Learn from Georgia's Universal Preschool Program 6/30/2009

  • DC Students to President Obama: Save Our Scholarships 3/9/2009

  • Improving Educational Opportunities for Hispanic Children 3/9/2009

  • DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Kids Appeal to President Obama 3/6/2009

  • Why President Obama is an Outlier 3/5/2009

  • D.C. Students: "President Obama, Please Save Our Opportunity Scholarships." 2/19/2009

  • Hispanic Families Must Make Their Voices Heard in the Fight for D.C. School Choice 2/19/2009

  • School Choice Gaining Momentum 2/19/2009

  • Increasing Spending Without Reform Won't Improve Education 2/12/2009

  • Arne Duncan's Test on a Federal Education Bailout 1/13/2009

  • Arne Duncan - Supports Local Reform and State Flexibility 12/4/2008

  • The Right's School-Reform Agenda 12/4/2008

  • Give States More Flexibility, Not a Bailout 11/21/2008

  • Poor Families, Not Just the Elite, Deserve School Choice 10/31/2008

  • Florida—A Model of Successful Education Reform 10/8/2008

  • What Is America Getting from Its Investment in Education? 10/2/2008

  • 7-Year Itch: GOP and No Child Left Behind 9/15/2008

  • A Parent's Guide to Education Reform: A New Tool in the Fight for Academic Excellence 9/8/2008

  • A New School Year Arrives, but the Same (Lack of) Choice Remains 8/25/2008

  • The Higher Ed Bill-A Bad Deal for Taxpayers 8/1/2008

  • Governor Jeb Bush Discusses Florida's Education Reforms 7/22/2008

  • NEA Doesn't Represent All Teachers 7/2/2008

  • Del. Norton's $18 Million Mistake 6/16/2008

  • Putting D.C. Children First 6/16/2008

  • Examining a 'Nation at Risk' 5/5/2008

  • An Open Mind about School Choice 2/25/2008

  • Congressional Hypocrisy on School Choice 2/4/2008

  • Teachers Unions Block School Choice 11/13/2007

  • Hispanic Kids Deserve Better than No Child Left Behind 10/31/2007

  • Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice 10/23/2007

  • Why School Choice in Utah Scares the Big Teachers' Union 10/11/2007

  • Venezuela's Education Lesson 10/1/2007

  • The New National School Board 9/24/2007

  • A Failed Reform: Let's Look Closer to Home 9/17/2007

  • Making No Child Left Behind Worse 9/7/2007

  • A Report Card for No Child Left Behind 8/28/2007

  • Remembering Who Opposed President Clinton's Education Plan 8/14/2007

  • The Case for Title I Reform 7/30/2007

  • First Draft: NCLB Reauthorization Bill Introduced in Senate 7/22/2007

  • School Choice: The Democrats' Dilemma 7/18/2007

  • Conservatives and Liberals Rally Around State and Local Control 7/6/2007

  • New Yorkers to Grade City's Public Schools 6/29/2007

  • No Child Left Behind and the Race to the Bottom 6/18/2007

  • Increasing Flexibility within No Child Left Behind 6/11/2007

  • Ten Years of Scholarship Tax Credits 6/1/2007

  • Hillary Clinton: No 4-Year-Old Left Behind 5/29/2007

  • New Research Shows Additional Benefits of School Choice 5/18/2007

  • Rod Paige Confronts the Teachers Unions 5/10/2007

  • A Welcome Show of Support for State and Local Control in Education 5/4/2007

  • Georgia Lawmakers Approve Vouchers for Students with Disab 4/25/2007

  • Religious Schools Help Close the Achievement Gap 4/20/2007

  • End Wasteful Education Earmarks 4/16/2007

  • Fund the Child: A Better Way to Help Disadvantaged Students 4/6/2007

  • The Kennedy Plan: "No Retreat" from Failed Education Policies 3/30/2007

  • Saving Accountability and Transparency in Public Education 3/23/2007

  • The Opportunity Costs of No Child Left Behind 3/9/2007

  • Educational Freedom in the Wake of No Child Left Behind 3/2/2007

  • Do American Schools Really Need NCLB 2.0? 2/26/2007

  • Federalism: The Path to School Choice 2/16/2007

  • A Promising Start to 2007 for School Choice Initiatives 2/9/2007

  • President Bush's School Choice Legacy 2/1/2007

  • The State of Federal Education Policy 1/24/2007

  • Three Paths on Federal Education Reform 1/22/2007

  • Leaving Good Ideas Behind 1/8/2007

  • The Real Problem of Rising College Costs 12/21/2006

  • When Liberals Love School Vouchers 12/15/2006

  • Name the Department of Education Building After LBJ 12/8/2006

  • Liberal Groups Sue to Block Educational Opportunities for Foster Kids 12/1/2006

  • Thankful for Freedom's Greatest Teacher, Milton Friedman 11/26/2006

  • A Student-Centered Approach to the Dropout Crisis 11/16/2006

  • The Facts on Federal Education Spending 11/9/2006

  • The Future of D.C. School Choice 11/6/2006

  • The Bush Education Agenda: Then and Now 10/27/2006

  • Restoring Federalism in Education: The Charter State Option 10/20/2006

  • School Choice and Racial Integration Go Hand in Hand 10/10/2006

  • The Dismal Record on Parental Choice in NCLB 10/2/2006

  • Is Constitution Day Unconstitutional? 9/22/2006

  • The Cost of American Education 9/15/2006

  • Detroit Teaches Another Lesson in Special Interest Politics 9/1/2006

  • A Breakthrough Year for School Choice 8/24/2006

  • Summer's Last Surf 8/18/2006

  • Back to School Shopping 8/9/2006

  • The Real Score on School Choice Research 8/4/2006

  • Beauprez Looks to the States to Move Beyond No Child Left Behind 7/27/2006

  • A Lifeline for Students in Persistently Failing Public Schools 7/19/2006

  • School Choice Spreads with State Tax Credits 7/7/2006

  • Arizona: America's School Choice Laboratory 6/30/2006

  • Education Savings Accounts: Giving Families Ownership in Education 6/22/2006

  • The Pride of Edmonton 6/16/2006

  • How to Increase American Competitiveness 6/9/2006

  • Waiting for a Quality Education 6/1/2006

  • A Last Goliath: America's Public Education System 5/26/2006

  • Universal Preschool Is No Panacea 5/19/2006

  • Addressing the Achievement Gap for Foster Children 4/28/2006

  • How Long Must Children in Failing Schools Wait? 4/13/2006

  • A Bellwether State Considers School Choice 3/24/2006

  • Finding a Conservative Compass in Federal Education Policy 3/10/2006

  • Public Schools Deny Low-Income Children Tutoring 2/24/2006

  • Budget Proposal Gives a Chance for School Choice 2/8/2006

  • Applying the Ownership Society Agenda to Education 1/26/2006

  • Arizona Governor Vetoes School Choice for Underprivileged Children 1/20/2006

  • The NEA Cries Wolf on Katrina Education Package 1/12/2006

  • State Supreme Court Decision Threatens Florida School Choice Revolution 1/5/2006

  • Christmas, Chanukah, and Choice in Education 12/22/2005

  • Hurricane Katrina and Education Politics 12/16/2005

  • New Jersey Democrats Embrace School Choice 12/2/2005

  • Giving Thanks for School Choice in the Nation's Capital 11/23/2005

  • A Brighter Future for New Orleans Students 11/17/2005

  • How Do You Spell Education Relief? 10/21/2005

  • Reviews Are In: D.C. Debut of School Choice a Success 4/21/2005

  • Let the States Handle Secondary Education 3/21/2005

  • Toward a Responsible Education Budget 2/18/2005

  • Taking Ownership of Education 2/1/2005

  • New Year's Resolution for Congress: Rein in Runway Education Spending 1/12/2005

  • In Search of the "Magic Number" 11/1/2004

  • Fact vs. Fiction in the Escalating Education Debate 9/21/2004

  • A Second Look at the AFT Report on Charter Schools 9/10/2004

  • State of the States on the No Child Left Behind Act 8/24/2004
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