Monday, March 15th, 2010
An eye-opening video from Cato:For more, see Cato's Center for Educational Freedom.Cato did a very good job here of communicating research results in a quick and digestible way that appeals to those with either visuals or auditory learning modalities.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal:
School reformers generally agree that the most important education resource is the teacher. But one of the biggest obstacles to putting a good instructor in every classroom is a tenure system that forces principals to hire and retain teachers based on seniority instead ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Gene Healy of the Cato Institute says it quite well:
The president isn't a benevolent father-protector, charged with the welfare of all creatures great and small — and educators do kids a great disservice if they help promote such a childish notion. Still less was he supposed to be the educator ...
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