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The Forgotten Student

September 22, 2017 By David Lantz

David Lantz: America has ignored the Forgotten Student and succumbed to what Alan Bloom called “The Closing of the American Mind.”

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Charles Murray, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Guest Opinion, The Forgotten Man, U.S. Department of Education, William Graham Sumner

The Failure Of Obama’s School “Turnaround”

February 24, 2017 By Jenni White

Jenni White: Trickle-down education has never worked and never will. The best approach is locally administered education closest to parents and students.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Barack Obama, School Improvement Grant, school turnaround strategies

Heritage Foundation: Six Things Betty DeVos Should Do In Her First 100 Days

December 9, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Heritage Foundation outline six things that President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee, Betsy DeVos, in her first 100 days.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: A-PLUS Act, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Bureau of Indian Education, Common Core, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, Donald Trump, Heritage Foundation, U.S. Department of Education

Will The Senate Vote to Stop John King?

March 14, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. John B. King, Jr., the acting U.S. Secretary of Education, is up for a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate later today who was a disaster for New Yorkers.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Common Core State Standards, Every Student Succeeds Act, HSLDA, John B. King, Johnny Isakson, Mike Enzi, Pat Roberts, Rand Paul, Richard Burr, Senate HELP Committee, Tim Scott, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senate, William Estrada

Bipartisanship Brings Us Horrible Education Policy

December 10, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

If bipartisanship brings us horrible bills like the Every Student Succeeds Act then it would have been better for Republicans to be more partisan.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Barack Obama, bipartisanship, Elementary and Secondary Education, Every Student Succeeds Act, Lamar Alexander, Patty Murray

Obama Wants to Limit Standardized Testing

October 26, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

President Barack Obama is doing an about face on standardized testing, he suggested that assessments should take no more than 2% of classroom time.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Barack Obama, common core assessments, standardized testing

It’s My PII

October 14, 2015 By Lisa Hudson

Private information about students is made available for use in behavioral, psychological, and social science research unrelated to academics.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Barack Obama, Common Core, Doug Ducey, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, FERPA, Lisa Graham-Keegan, Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies, student data mining

Nyah, nyah????

October 8, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

It is hard to tell whether the New York Daily News editorial about John King’s appointment as Acting Secretary of Eduction was serious or if it was satire.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Barack Obama, Common Core, John King, New York Daily News

John B. King is Not An Improvement Over Arne Duncan

October 6, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

President Barack Obama’s selection of john B. King to replace Arne Duncan as head of the U.S. Department of Education is not an improvement.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Common Core, John B. King, U.S. Department of Education

Don’t Buy Jeb Bush’s CPAC Spin on Common Core

March 4, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

CPAC 2015 afforded prospective 2016 candidate Jeb Bush the opportunity to blame President Obama for the problems conservatives have with Common Core.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Barack Obama, Common Core, CPAC 2015, Jeb Bush, Sean Hannity

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