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Charter Myth Busting

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On April 27, 2017
Rachel Cohen has an outstanding article in Democracy Journal on the real evolution of charter schools. There's a pervasive myth that American Federation of Teachers president Albert Shanker started the idea, and this myth has been powerful for charter advocates because it sounds like it...

Opting Out

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On March 11, 2017

Good news out of Minnesota, where the number of high school juniors opting out of the bogus standardized testing that has significantly hurt American education has jumped significantly. In 2016,.

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DeVos

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On February 7, 2017
Betsy DeVos confirmed. It's a loss and I think it's pretty clear that McConnell gave permission to Murkowski and Collins to vote no while knowing that he wouldn't lose anyone else in the caucus. But it's an expected loss and it has severely discredited her...
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ITT Is No More

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On September 6, 2016
One of the Obama's administration's signature late achievements is going after for-profit colleges. Embattled for-profit college company ITT Educational Services, Inc. is officially shutting down its academic services, the company announced on Tuesday. Most of the 8,000 employees working for the company’s for-profit college, ITT...
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