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Is American Government Rejecting Capitalism & Embracing a Managed Economy?

August 1, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem: Although Tucker and colleagues tout European education-workforce systems, none have produced or will produce American levels of freedom and prosperity.

Filed Under: Workforce Development Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Common Core, Competency Based Education, Every Student Succeeds Act, Goals 2000, Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker, Michael Chapman, Michele Bachmann, No Child Left Behind, personalized learning, Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports, School to Work, Smaller Learning Communities, Social-Emotional Learning, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Bachmann Would Repeal All Federal Education Law

October 26, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Oh that is music to my ears.  In a phone interview I had with Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on Saturday she told me that not only would she repeal the Race to the Top program which has foisted common core state standards onto cash strapped states, but that she would work to repeal all education […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Federalized Education Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Federal Department of Education, Michele Bachmann

Turning Off the Lights at the Federal Department of Education

October 15, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

From The Des Moines Register: “I want to close down the fed Department of Education, turn off lights, lock the doors and instead keep all that money in Iowa,” Bachmann said, to cheers. Bachmann said education concerns were what prompted her to enter politics in the first place, after she became concerned with the work […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards, Federalized Education Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Federal Department of Education, Michele Bachmann, Race to the Top

A Tale of Two Minnesotans

June 27, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is a side by side contrast between the two prospective 2012 presidential candidates from Minnesota: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) on education. There is a similarity in their positions on parental choice in education, but with their positions regarding federal involvement in education… not so much. Michele Bachmann Is […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education Tagged With: common core standards, International Baccalaureate, Michele Bachmann, Race to the Top, Tim Pawlenty

Candidates on Education: Michele Bachmann

June 23, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

I was able to interview Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on a couple of different occasions. She’ll be joining the bus tour on Saturday, June 25th. Back in March a significant part of my interview centered around education. You can watch the interview of the video and read the transcript of the education section below: [youtube […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education Tagged With: Federal Department of Edcuation, federal role in education, Michele Bachmann, school choice

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