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New John Stossel Special: No They Can't! Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed
April 6, 2012, 2:12pmNBC "Education Nation" Perpetuates Preschool Access Myth
September 27, 2010, 4:08pmHead Start Fail: Enrollment Fraud Edition
May 21, 2010, 1:35pmA Government Accountabity Office investigation found that many Head Start Centers fraudulently enroll extra children.
Public Sector Employees are Killing the Economy: Head Start Edition
April 1, 2010, 5:19pmHead Start preschool programs in Georgia and across the country are spending federal economic stimulus dollars on raises for their employees, some as high as 8.5 percent, public records show.
Oklahoma Universal Preschool Fail: 2009 NAEP Reading Edition
March 24, 2010, 1:46pmOklahoma has the highest quality universal preschool system in the nation. Yet,the NAEP State Profile of Oklahoma shows once again that the state's huge investment in universal preschool is not improving student achievement in 4th grade reading. It is still lower now than before universal preschool was implemented; Oklahoma scores are below the national average; and UPK in Oklahoma has not closed the achievement gap between groups of students.
What Universal Kindergarten Tells Us About Universal Preschool
March 3, 2010, 1:55pmState funding of universal kindergarten had no discernible impact on many of the long-term outcomes desired by policymakers, including grade retention, public assistance receipt, employment, and earnings.
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July 20th, 2012 - Elizabeth Warren, Again: "Nobody got rich on their own. Nobody."
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July 19th, 2012 - California’s Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed
Scott Shackford
July 18th, 2012 - The Dumbest Argument for Censorship That You Will Read Today
Jesse Walker
July 18th, 2012 - Student Loan Scam
Veronique de Rugy
July 16th, 2012 - Illinois Politicians Can’t Handle Handing Out Scholarships Without Being Crooked
Ed Krayewski
July 11th, 2012 - The Secret History of New York's Playgrounds
Jesse Walker
July 9th, 2012 - For-Profit Colleges Keep Access to Federal Money
Katherine Mangu-Ward
July 5th, 2012 - California Voters to Gov. Brown: Stop Yanking Us Around
Scott Shackford
July 5th, 2012 - As Pension Bombs Explode, California’s Budget Masters Cross Fingers for Tax Increase Vote
Scott Shackford
June 27th, 2012 - Take the Grammartarian Grammar Test at WSJ
Tim Cavanaugh
June 24th, 2012 - The Horror of Drug-Boosted Grades and SAT Scores
Jacob Sullum
June 12th, 2012 - Breaking: Reduced Student Loan Rates Won't Be Offset by Cuts Elsewhere
Nick Gillespie
June 7th, 2012 - FCC Worries That Poor People Are Enjoying Their Electronics Too Much
Jacob Sullum
May 30th, 2012 - California Fixing to Have to Pimp-Slap Cities to Get Redevelopment Funds Back
Scott Shackford
May 24th, 2012 - Years of Absurd Outcomes (and Maybe Real Competition?) Prompt Reconsideration of “Zero Tolerance” School Policies
Scott Shackford
May 23rd, 2012 - Opt Out of School Lunch
Baylen Linnekin
May 19th, 2012 - Chronicle of Higher Education Fires Blogger For Challenging Seriousness of Black Studies Depts.
Nick Gillespie
May 8th, 2012 - When the Right Helps to Write the Sex Education Curriculum
Jesse Walker
May 7th, 2012 - David Brooks (and Harvard and MIT and Stanford) Get Online Education Right
Katherine Mangu-Ward
May 4th, 2012 - Can a Machine Tell Good Writing from Bad?
Jesse Walker
May 1st, 2012 - Education Expert Michelle Rhee Criticized for Speaking at Education-Related Conference
Katherine Mangu-Ward
April 30th, 2012 - Updated (4.30pm)!: Feds, Dems Lead Way in Creating More Student Loan Defaults Via Paperwork Screwups
Nick Gillespie
April 30th, 2012 - Should New Student Borrowers Be Charged What Older Ones Are?
Nick Gillespie
April 27th, 2012 - Desks for Classrooms Can Wait—Get Some Custom-Made Furniture In This Suite, Stat!
Jesse Walker
April 27th, 2012
Universal Preschool Blog
- New John Stossel Special: No They Can't! Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed (4/6)
- NBC "Education Nation" Perpetuates Preschool Access Myth (9/27)
- Head Start Fail: Enrollment Fraud Edition (5/21)
- Public Sector Employees are Killing the Economy: Head Start Edition (4/1)
- Oklahoma Universal Preschool Fail: 2009 NAEP Reading Edition (3/24)
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