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November 17, 2009

Ed Schools Failing Math

Ken Daniszewski

Sandra Stotsky has an excellent article in City Journal discussing how our education schools are failing to deliver on math education - because they have become over committed to some progressive id......

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November 17, 2009

What Makes College Worth the Cost?

Ashley Thorne

Expected future earnings? A rigorous and complete education?

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November 16, 2009

FIRE Publishes Speech Policies Guide

Ashley Thorne

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has published a guide to help administrators craft school policies in such a way as to protect First Amendment rights on campus. "Correcting......

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November 16, 2009

A National Curriculum

David Clemens

A common fear about the accountability movement is that edu-babble such as “alignment,” “assessment,” and “best practices” will erect an authoritarian, standardiz......

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November 16, 2009

NTNU Board Rejects Boycott of Israel

Candace de Russy

The trustees of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), reports the Jerusalem Post, have unanimously voted against severing ties with Israeli universities, and no one rose to argu......

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