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How Much Do We Hate Our Children?

When President Barack Obama recently made an impassioned plea to do something about the proliferation of gun violence in America, he drew upon the images of elementary school children gunned down in Newtown, Connecticut to engage our emotions. "First graders," he...

We’re Onto The Phony Education Reformers

2015 will forever be remembered as the year the political establishment was shaken by the populist-driven presidential candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. But it should also be remembered as the year another established order was forever altered by change,...

Five Education Stories To Keep Your Eye On In 2016

In 2015 we witnessed historic changes in education. As education professor Sherman Dorn reviewed on his personal blog, there were at least 20 major news stories affecting the nation, including the passage of new federal legislation to replace No Child Left Behind, the...

The Important Education Issue Leaders Are Still Ignoring

One of the more telling combinations of news stories from the past week found education policy insiders in Washington, D.C. rejoicing over the passage of a new law rewriting federal education policy while at the same time a new report revealed how political leadership...

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