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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
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- Will More Federal Money Help Our Schools? Peter Suderman on Fox Business
February 8th, 2012 - There is Hope for Education in America! Andrew Campanella Tells Us Why
January 27th, 2012 - 3 Reasons School Choice is Growing
January 24th, 2012 - What We Saw at National School Choice Week Kickoff in New Orleans
January 23rd, 2012 - Government Tracking Our Kids?! - Lisa Snell Discusses Student Privacy on CNN's OutFront
December 30th, 2011 - 3 Reasons We Shouldn't Bail Out Student Loan Borrowers
November 18th, 2011 - Singularity University: A School for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Change the World
November 9th, 2011 - Nick Gillespie Addresses Occupy Wall Street's Call for Student Loan Bailouts on Freedom Watch
October 26th, 2011 - Steven Brill on How to Fix Public Schools
October 17th, 2011 - Lee Doren - Author of "Please Enroll Responsibly" and How the World Works
October 13th, 2011 - How School Choice & Privatization Can Help Fix America: Lisa Snell & Harris Kenny at FreedomFest
September 27th, 2011 - Matt Welch Talks School Choice with Journalist Michelle Bernard
September 22nd, 2011 - Bob Bowdon: What's Next for School Choice - and New Media
August 17th, 2011 - Nick Gillespie Discusses Obama's No Child Left Behind Waivers with Judge Napolitano
August 10th, 2011 - Michelle Fields Discusses Teacher Tenure with Judge Napolitano
August 9th, 2011 - Michelle Fields Discusses the Lowest Approval Rating for Congress on the Alyona Show
August 9th, 2011 - Federal Education Policy with Former Assistant Secretary of Education Bill Evers
August 8th, 2011 - Dick Morris on School Choice
August 5th, 2011 - What We Saw at the Save Our Schools Rally in Washington D.C.
July 30th, 2011 - Fox News' Juan Williams on School Choice
July 29th, 2011 - Austrian Economics and Pedagogy: A conversation with Universidad Francisco Marroquin professor Albert Loan
July 5th, 2011 - Universidad Francisco Marroquin (aka University of Free Marketeers)
June 2nd, 2011 - LA Rally: Don't Believe What Teachers Tell You
May 20th, 2011 - Chapman's David Porter on Solving University Parking Gridlock
May 4th, 2011 - A Tipping Point for School Choice: Lisa Snell and Clare Mullin on the Voucher and Charter School Revolution
April 28th, 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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