Posts Tagged ‘Education reform’

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Jul14

Public school advocates now okay with “The dog ate my homework”

by Duane on July 14th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Posted In: Education

I was thinking as I was coming home that any minute someone is going to recast the teachers in the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal as “victims” of NCLB (No Child Left Behind).

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Sep30

(Snort!) Typical Government

by Duane on September 30th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Commentary, Education, Headlines, Our children, Politics

To me, government fixing something is like the times I used to bang my old Black and White TV (Wow! Do they even make those anymore?) in a futile effort to get a decent signal. The only thing my banging did was to accelerate the death spiral of that poor television set. And get this, [...]

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Feb04

“I Want Congress to Stop Divorce”

by Duane on February 4th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Posted In: Education

This was my dumb request in response to another. Read below.

NEWS: Group Wants Congress to Close Achievement Gap for Black Students
The Campaign for High School Equity, a national coalition of civil rights organizations focused on high school reform, is looking to Congress during Black History Month to take the action necessary to close the achievement [...]

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