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Report Release: Reforming Teacher Pensions for a Changing Work Force
New Education Sector report examines teacher pensions and details the problems facing current state pension programs.
Sport or Not? A Question for the Courts
Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva interviewed by the New York Times on Title IX.
Teachers Unions as Agents of Reform
Brad Jupp, an architect of Denver's landmark performance-based teacher pay system, ProComp, is an outspoken advocate of both labor organizing and quality education for disadvantaged kids. In this interview, Jupp talks about ProComp, his views on teacher unionism, and the future of the teaching profession.
Education Sector Welcomes Three New Board Members
Education Sector's board of directors names three prominent leaders in the fields of education and journalism to the board: David W. Breneman, Richard Lee Colvin, and Peter McWalters.
For-profit colleges: Do they shortchange students?
Policy Director Kevin Carey comments on a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing on for-profit colleges.
Analysis and Perspectives
Op-Eds
Conservatives and No Child Left Behind
This editorial was originally broadcast on National Public Radio.
- Author:
- Andrew J. Rotherham
- Web Address:
- http://www.npr.org/templates/s...
- Publication Date:
- April 6, 2007
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- K-12 Accountability Systems/NCLB
This is not surprising. When the law was first passed in 2001 many conservatives held their noses because it increased the federal role in elementary and secondary education. Congressman Tom DeLay told Rush Limbaugh that he voted for, what he called, that awful education bill only to support President Bush. DeLay said that he came to
It is also not surprising that many teachers, principals, and school administrators do not like No Child Left Behind either. No industry embraces regulation and the education law holds schools more accountable for student performance than in the past.
But opposition from conservatives and the education establishment adds up to a big problem for the president.…
Listen to the entire commentary on National Public Radio.