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High Performing Charter Schools: Beating The Odds, Or Beating The Test?

[My guest blogger today is Rob Levine. Rob is a Minneapolis-based researcher whose writing focuses on the media, conservative philanthropy and education. His writing can be found at the Cucking Stool blog.] more »

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Why Democrats Should Oppose Parent Trigger Laws

Last week in Florida there was an important victory for progressive Democrats that not many Democrats know about. Even worse, most Democrats may not even be aware why this was a victory. more »

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Is Segregation The New "School Choice"?

I remember the day that the poor kids showed up at our school. It was in 1964.

Classes had already started, and I was in second grade, surrounded by my familiar friends from my mostly white, mostly well-to-do, suburban neighborhood in North Dallas. more »

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How The Right Wing Schools Education Reformists

Now that No Child Left Behind has become the butt of popular ridicule, and the prospect of forging a new consensus on education policy in DC seems doubtful,

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Conservative Assault On Public Schools Gets Schooled Again

In June 2008, former Maryland Gov. more »

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Rain On The Charter School Parade

The charter school evangelists, including their high priests in the Bush administration, keep getting doused by the cold rain of reality. more »

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