The War Against Hope: How Teachers' Unions Hurt Children, Hinder Teachers, And Endanger Public Education
Rod PaigeThomas Nelson Publishers
Rod PaigeThomas Nelson Publishers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive WorkforceMarch 2007
State education officials in the Land of Lincoln are jumping for joy--student performance on the state's ISAT exam is up from 2005. Way, way up. On most exams, the 2005-2006 gains outpaced the improvement made over the previous five years combined.
Center on Education PolicyFebruary 2007
Last week we invited readers to submit their own ideas for the forthcoming education X PRIZE. Here are a few of the responses.
Harvard psychologist Susan Linn, co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, sees something devilish lurking behind Pizza Hut's "Book It" program, which rewards young readers with free pizzas.
David Brooks is softening. He's looking for "creative" presidential candidates willing to "talk about improving the lives of students" instead of just talking "about improving the schools." The creative ones "will emphasize that education is a cumulative process that begins at the dawn of life." Sen.
The Gadfly's attempts to maintain ("The problem with nuance," March 1, 2007) that it has not done a flip-flop about the control of education in the various states by federal bureaucrats, e.g., its present approval of the NCLB Act, is much like a woman arguing that she is only partly pregnant.
If there was the slightest doubt that Steve Jobs is one of the most courageous men of our time, it was dispelled dramatically on February 16th. There he was at a high profile education conference when, in what I believe was a spontaneous outburst, he decided to take on teacher unions.