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The Pearson Graduate
How private companies are profiting from Texas public schools. It’s not hard to imagine Pearson’s vision of utopia. Pearson is a London-based mega-corporation that owns everything from the… Read more
Schools are key to safeguarding runaway children
The Children’s Society is calling for better training for teachers so they can help to identify children at risk of running away and take preventive action Emma was… Read more
Houston ISD’s Apollo 20 Initial Results Show Rising Math Scores
An ambitious experiment created by Harvard economist Roland Fryer to export and scale the practices of high-performing charter school chains to public schools in Houston… Read more
Schism in Denver school-board course chalks up hefty election donations
The fight between the teachers union and education-reform interests for control of Denver schools is leading to one of the most expensive campaigns in district history, with more than $600,000… Read more
A DISCUSSION OF HERMAN CAIN VS. MITT ROMNEY
Donna Garner – I just heard the best interview yet with Herman Cain. It was conducted by Scott Rasmussen on 10.9.11. Rasmussen asked Cain the very same questions that I… Read more
Revulsion over Nigeria rape video shows power of social media
In Nigeria, rape video depicting an apparent gang attack on a woman by college students sparks a criminal investigation, and raises questions of how much smartphones have changed… Read more
By embracing ‘new tech,’ Manor school district is finding success
MANOR — Five years after opened, graduation rates there have topped 97 percent. That’s enough to convince Manor school district leaders that the project-based learning program should be… Read more
First punishments to be handed down in APS cheating scandal
A group of Atlanta educators implicated in a districtwide cheating scandal will find out Thursday whether the state will yank their teaching certificates. Those in charge will likely face the… Read more
Regulatory Burdens Destroying Farming Industry
The country’s food growers are getting squeezed dry by inane environmental edicts. President Barack Obama is continuing to tour the country touting his so-called “jobs bill,” insisting we have to… Read more
Math teacher immolates herself at school
France’s education minister says a high school math teacher in southern France sprayed herself with a flammable product and set herself alight in the school yard during recreation. Luc Chatel… Read more
