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Is Arne Duncan’s new civil rights crusade unconstitutional?
On Monday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that his department will expand its efforts in civil rights enforcement. Like everything this sounds fantastic in the abstract. Who after all publicly declares that they oppose protecting civil rights? The details, though, paint a more troublesome picture.
We Need Fewer Teachers, Not More
In Sunday’s NYT, Elizabeth Green explains beautifully the challenges of classroom teaching. She says we will need millions of additional teachers to cover baby boom retirements, and wonders how we can find enough good ones. The answer is that we can’t.
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will be investigating whether the LA Unified School District provides adequate services to students learning English. An article by Christine Rossell that was published in Ed Next in 2003 looked at California's implementation of Prop 227, which was meant to end bilingual instruction in the state and move students more quickly into English-language classrooms.
Congress shouldn't betray D.C. scholarship program
03/08/10 | The Washington Post
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A bipartisan coalition led by Sen. Joe Lieberman is calling on the Senate to restore the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. An article by Spencer Hsu that appeared in Ed Next in 2004 described how the voucher program originally came about.
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