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They'll get over it--Education reform and the Democrats

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Posted on September 4, 2008 - 11:06am at WisdomIsVindicated
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This article at getliberty.org asserts that there may have been a "bitter breakup" between the Democrats and the Teachers' Unions:

"It appears that the demands of teachers unions have become so unpopular that not even the drafters of the Democrat Party platform this year wanted to fully embrace t

NCLB swamping State Dept.'s of Ed.?

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Posted on August 18, 2008 - 10:59am at WisdomIsVindicated
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I don't follow public education stories (especially when my children aren't directly impacted), but I happened upon this story about the rising influence of Nashville's teachers' union, and it got me to thinkin' . . .

Poor kids' teachers earn less in Metro

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Posted on July 14, 2008 - 1:58pm at A Disgruntled Republican
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By JAIME SARRIO, Staff Writer, The Tennessean

Some of Nashville's hardest-to-educate students are taught by the district's least-experienced, lowest-paid teachers, an inequity education leaders have struggled for years to address.

Entrepreneurial Principles for Principals

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Posted on July 9, 2008 - 7:58am at The Entrepreneurial Mind
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I am winding up a short trip to Baton Rouge, LA. Yesterday I conducted a workshop on how entrepreneurial practices and principles can be applied to educational organizations to a group of aspiring school principals. It is a pilot program to help use entrepreneurship to transform education in the state of Louisiana. It was a day that gave me hope for educational in the US.

Of sandwiches and homeschools

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Posted on June 2, 2008 - 12:29am at Right Minded
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Subway decided to ban homeschoolers from a recent essay contest.

Bredesen administration's attack on non-government-run education

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Posted on May 9, 2008 - 9:19pm at Right Minded
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Bill Hobbs has a very telling post on the Bredesen administration's discrimination against those who puruse education through home schools and church-related schools.

We need this in all 50 states, and especially D.C.

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Posted on May 7, 2008 - 4:55pm at Right Minded
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Most states are pursuing school-choice legislation in order to help get low-income children out of failing public schools. This is exactly what's need across-the-board. Unfortunately, liberals, especially teachers' unions, largely oppose school choice, because it loosens their grip on the public education establishment.

Some Good News to Go With Your Morning Coffee

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Posted on April 8, 2008 - 5:21am at Terry Frank
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Music to my ears! Teachers Unions and Trial Lawyers lose their liberal judge on the court in Wisconsin. We need to do a little house cleaning in Tennessee, too.

From KansasCity.com:

Kill all the School Boards

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Posted on March 15, 2008 - 1:16pm at Kay Brooks
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Some serious truth in the following paragraphs from Matt Miller at The Atlantic.com. This is what any candidate for school board is facing.

Parents' choice

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Posted on March 13, 2008 - 10:19am at Right Minded
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Terry Frank has a noteworthy post on just where Tennessee public schools rank in the opinion polls:

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