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No Child Left Behind 
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Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game
Atlanta's dishonest teachers say the data made them do it.
July 13, 2011A new report finds that Atlanta is chock full of cheating teachers and principals, at least 179 of them in 44 schools. The confessed cheaters blame an over-emphasis on test results and "unreasonable goals" set by the administation. Senior Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward asks whether cheating is inevitable in a high-stakes testing environment and if it's really so unreasonable to demand that fourth graders be able to read, write, and do basic math?
California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum
May 16, 2011, 2:17pmFlorida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP
March 24, 2010, 7:04pmFederal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat
March 24, 2010, 12:35pmEducation Lessons Are Lost on Obama
Not every failure occurs in the classroom
March 22, 2010I can't pinpoint the moment when the Obama administration went wrong on the subject of education. But I can pinpoint the moment when it demonstrated that it can't be taken seriously.
No Child Left Behind R.I.P.: A Balloon Payment that will Never Come Due
February 1, 2010, 4:27pmView Resources by Type
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- "Tim Tebow Law" Would Let Homeschooled Virginia Kids Play Public School Sports, Already Lets Columnists Complain About Too Much Choice
Lucy Steigerwald
February 7th, 2012 - L.A. Teachers Deliver for Kids by Blindfolding, Fondling Them
Tim Cavanaugh
February 6th, 2012 - Pedants Are Revolting: Grammar Nitpick Sparks Barnyard Henpeck
Tim Cavanaugh
February 2nd, 2012 - New Jersey Legislators Get a Chance to Fix the First Amendment Problems With Their Anti-Bullying Law
Jacob Sullum
February 2nd, 2012 - Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty: "What's Missing from Education Reform is Courage"
Nick Gillespie
January 31st, 2012 - Class Size Doesn't Matter, Plus Charter Schools as Laboratories of Education
Katherine Mangu-Ward
January 30th, 2012 - Meet the NYC Teacher Who Gets Paid $100K to Ogle 8th Grade Butts & NOT Teach
Nick Gillespie
January 30th, 2012 - Obama Brings Big Government to High School
Steve Chapman
January 30th, 2012 - There is Hope for Education in America! Andrew Campanella Tells Us Why
Sharif Matar
January 27th, 2012 - Obama's Dumbest SOTU Demand: Imprison Kids in Schools Until They're 18
Nick Gillespie
January 25th, 2012 - Maybe Schools Don't Control What Kids Eat
Jacob Sullum
January 24th, 2012 - Reason.tv: 3 Reasons Why School Choice Is Growing
Sharif Matar
January 24th, 2012 - Breitbart: “Newt Gingrich is the Tea Party by Proxy”
Tim Cavanaugh
January 23rd, 2012 - What We Saw at National School Choice Week's Kickoff in New Orleans
Sharif Matar
January 23rd, 2012 - For-Sale Romney Is A False Prophet For For-Profit Universities
Shikha Dalmia
January 17th, 2012 - National School Choice Week Kicks Off on Jan. 21 in New Orleans
Nick Gillespie
January 11th, 2012 - FIRE's Firefly Victory
Jacob Sullum
December 29th, 2011 - Schools Failing Despite Lots More Spending, Smaller Class Sizes
Nick Gillespie
December 15th, 2011 - What is Academic Research Worth?
Seth McKelvey
December 9th, 2011 - Sexting by Minors Is Much Less Common Than You Think
Jacob Sullum
December 5th, 2011 - Get Out of School and Save the World!
Brian Doherty
December 2nd, 2011 - Does Making Porn Disqualify You From Teaching?
Jacob Sullum
December 2nd, 2011 - School District Acknowledges Student's Right to Say the Governor Sucks
Jacob Sullum
November 28th, 2011 - The Dirty Secret of Education, Revealed!
Brian Doherty
November 28th, 2011 - Campus Speech Codes Are Bad For Higher Education
John Stossel
November 24th, 2011
No Child Left Behind Blog
- Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game (7/13)
- California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum (5/16)
- Florida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP (3/24)
- Federal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat (3/24)
- Education Lessons Are Lost on Obama (3/22)
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