MAY 14, 2011 Education spending and student-teacher ratio are about where they were in 2004. The real problem is that tax dollars are being diverted for teacher benefits. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Fullerton, Calif. Thousands of California teachers turned out this week to protest potential budget cuts to education and to urge lawmakers to raise taxes.
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MAY 13, 2011 Tennessee’s Chamber Maids Nothing is worse for freedom and opportunity than when big business conspires with big labor. Behold the spectacle in Tennessee, where the Chambers of Commerce in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville have joined with the teachers unions to kill education vouchers. That proposal, which has already passed the state senate,
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MAY 10, 2011 Scenes From the New York Education Wars When I was chancellor, I was told confrontation was bad. Not so. By JOEL KLEIN Teachers are extremely effective messengers to parents, community groups, faith-based groups and elected officials—and their unions know how to deploy them well. Happy unions can give a politician massive clout,
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APRIL 30, 2011 Prison guards can retire at the age of 55 and earn 85% of their final year’s salary for the rest of their lives. They also continue to receive medical benefits. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Roughly 2,000 students have to decide by Sunday whether to accept a spot at Harvard. Here’s some advice: Forget
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North Carolina House Legislative Update Republican Report Card Friends, Today is the 60th legislative day of the 2011 session. How are we doing on our 100 day plan to change North Carolina? Below is the document that I personally shared in over 30 cities during the fall campaign entitled, “100 Days That Will Change North Carolina.” Under
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MAY 3, 2011 The Evidence Is In: School Vouchers Work A study published last year found that D.C. voucher recipients had graduation rates of 91%. That’s significantly higher than the public school average of 56%. By JASON L. RILEY ‘Private school vouchers are not an effective way to improve student achievement,” said the White House
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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Senate Bill 8 – Charter Schools On Monday evening, Senate Bill 8, “An Act to Remove the Cap on the Number of Charter Schools,” passed the House by a vote of 68 – 51. Despite its unanimous support from Republicans and one courageous Democrat, changes to the charter
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SeekingAlpha.com | by: Ananthan Thangavel April 19, 2011 | about: GLD Over the weekend, an announcement was made that the University of Texas endowment fund had decided to take delivery of $1 billion worth of gold. This was an absolutely huge development on multiple fronts. First, the UT endowment fund’s gold purchase was a radical deviation
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