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from the EdNext ArchivesObama’s NCLB Waivers: Are they necessary or illegal?
Education Next talks with Martha Derthick and Andy Rotherham
The Obama Administration will announce today that 10 states will receive waivers from NCLB requirements. In the Winter 2012 issue of Ed Next, Rotherham and Martha Derthick debate whether President Obama was right to offer states conditional waivers releasing them from some requirements of NCLB.
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from the EdNext ArchivesUnions and the Public Interest
Is collective bargaining for teachers good for students?
In Connecticut, the state teachers union has issued a report containing its ideas for school reform. Richard Kahlenberg and Jay Greene debated whether collective bargaining rights for teachers should be expanded or contracted in an article appearing in the Winter 2012 issue of Ed Next.
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The Persuadable Public
The 2009 Education Next-PEPG Survey asks if information changes minds about school reform.
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