Michael McIntee, The UpTake, February 9, 2012 – President Obama announces ten states have agreed to implement bold reforms around standards and accountability will receive flexibility from the most burdensome mandates of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind. The ten states approved for flexibility are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, [...]
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The State of Education
Michael Diedrich, Minnesota 2020, January 25, 2012 – Last night, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address. In the time-honored tradition of self-important writers co-opting that event as a segue into whatever they want, I’d like to offer my own “speech” on the State of Education. My fellow citizens, students, teachers, and [...]
I’m a public school graduate…
Melvin Carter didn’t dream of growing up and becoming an elected public official. In fact, he cites... Read More...