The Weekly Standarad Let’s Hear It for Tex Avery Opponents of Texas’s curriculum reform embarrass themselves. BY Stephen Schwartz June 14, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 37 Austin The nationwide uproar over the Texas State Board of Education’s (SBOE) decision to reform the history curriculum began with the release, last July, of proposed new standards for […]
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JUNE 5, 2010 Storming the School Barricades A new documentary by a 27-year-old filmmaker could change the national debate about public education. By BARI WEISS New York ‘What’s funny,” says Madeleine Sackler, “is that I’m not really a political person.” Yet the petite 27-year-old is the force behind “The Lottery”—an explosive new documentary about the
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Texas students see religious bias with ‘year of Our Lord’ Casey Curlin Students at a Texas college are demanding that their diplomas not be dated “in the year of Our Lord,” prompting school officials to consider removing that phrase while leaving what others consider another obvious reference to Christendom — the
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APRIL 17, 2010 Crist Crossing Kids A governor puts his political ambitions ahead of school reform. No doubt it’s a naive question, but why do some people get into politics? Is it merely to accumulate power and fame for their own sake, or to actually do something? The questions come to mind in considering the
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APRIL 7, 2010 Making it illegal to work for free. The labor market is still in recession, but for younger workers it feels more like a depression. In the last year, the unemployment rate among workers age 20 to 24 has risen to almost 16%, and among teenagers to 26%. You might therefore expect a
After all the bad press over a few teachers who stepped out of line teaching songs to our children, this one is one you will be so proud to hear. At the end of the song you can order the sheet music. Awesome. I hope this sweeps our country and gets sung in all our
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Wall Street Journal APRIL 3, 2010 By JIM STERGIOS AND CHARLES CHIEPPO Boston The Obama administration announced the winners of its Race to the Top contest this week. Even though the competition was supposed to award money to states making strides in K-12 public education, one state that is a recognized leader in educational standards
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK MARCH 30, 2010 President Obama today signs his nationalization of the college student loan market, which will put the Department of Education directly in charge of doling out cash to students and colleges. It’s one more plank in the cradle-to-grave entitlement state, but this landmark is also a good moment to recount
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The Veterans Leadership Council-Cares was recently founded to help fellow North Carolina veterans get control of their lives when they are facing extremely difficult situations such as homelessness. The Council has developed programs to compliment and augment the existing programs currently in place through the VA and HUD. These programs address problems such as substance
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK MARCH 25, 2010 President Obama and Congressional Democrats have been criticized for being antibusiness. But Washington is about to bestow a huge gift upon one particular type of business—the type that doesn’t pay taxes. Despite bipartisan opposition, this week the Democrats hope to use budget reconciliation in the Senate to ram through
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