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Jon Ward

Mitt Romney's 'Nice Guy' Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Education, Karl Rove, Video, Vouchers, Mitt-Romney, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Presidential Election, American Crossroads, Election 2012, Barack Obama, Nice Guy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has charged that President Barack Obama's campaign is engaging in "character assassination" by running ads that paint him as...

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Michael McAuliff

Paul Ryan's Vision For Medicare Will Win, Dem Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Medicare Vouchers, Medicare Premium Support, Medicare Cuts, John Breaux, Alice Rivlin, Premium Support, Video, Vouchers, Medicare 2012, Paul Ryan Medicare, Congress 2012 Election, Poll, Medicare, Alive Rivlin Medicare, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats who are staking the 2012 election in part on the charge that Republicans will "end Medicare as we know it" likely will join in...

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The Lesson of the Cupcakes: Fix Schools by Resisting Gimmicks and Heeding Evidence

Kevin Welner | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Opportunity to Learn, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Evidence Based Decision Making, Vouchers, Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluation, Cyberschools, Merit Pay, Grade Retention, Education News
Kevin Welner

There are no miracle cures or magic beans. If we increase opportunities to learn, the result will be more learning; if we deny opportunities to learn, the result is equally predictable.

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The Crisis in American Education Is a Myth

Randy Turner | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Standardized Tests, Vouchers, Poverty, Teach for America, Teachers, Public Education, Tenure, Education News
Randy Turner

For too long we have allowed politicians to ignore dealing with the real problems of poverty and permitted them to use education as a convenient scapegoat for their negligence.

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To Bill Gates: I Don't Need Your Money

Steve Nelson | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Vouchers, Bedford Stuyvesant, Calhoun School, Charter Schools, Freebrook Academy, Educational Reform, Broad Foundation, Education News
Steve Nelson

Don't get me wrong. I deeply respect that you and your wife care about the community and the world. But if you want to really help, here's one small way:

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Message to Missouri Schools: If They Don't Sound Like Us, Check Their Papers

Randy Turner | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Tuition Tax Credits, Vouchers, Steve Tilley, Will Kraus, Immigration, Missouri, Education News, Legislation, Rex Sinquefield, Education News
Randy Turner

Missouri State Sen. Will Kraus would like to see Missouri join Arizona and Alabama in requiring public schools to become the law enforcement arm of a right-wing agenda.

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Romney Clueless on Veterans

Ashwin Madia | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Vouchers, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, votevets.org, President Obama, Jim Nicholson, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Votevets, Veterans Health Care, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News
Ashwin Madia

Just before the weekend, Mitt Romney held a Veterans Day event in South Carolina. A nice photo op, for sure. Yet, it wasn't the pictures, but his words, that made news.

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Corrosive High-Stakes Politics Extends to "Nonpartisan" Denver School Board Elections

Michele Swenson | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Wall St./Hedge Fund Money, Sen. Michael Bennet, Denver School Board Elections, Vouchers, Teach for America, Democrats for Reform, Political Right Targeting of Public Education, Charter Schools, Stand for Children, Bruce Benson, Denver News
Michele Swenson

Considering that campaign spending limits apply to every other elected office in the state except local school board elections, it was only a matter of time before extreme corporate cash debased local school board elections.

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The Death of Citizenship

Steve Nelson | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Critical Thinking, Education, Vouchers, Charter Schools, Scientific Method, Privatization, Propaganda, Curriculum, Media, Journalism, Rick Perry, Education News
Steve Nelson

Combine the decline of critical capacity with the explosion of information in the digital age and you have the seeds of a society where truth is whatever one chooses to believe.

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Joy Resmovits

Reflecting On A Year Of School Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Education News, Tony Bennett, Test Scores, Education, Vouchers, Indiana Education Reforms, 2011 School Reform, Indiana Education, Teacher Evaluation, Chris Cerf, Louisiana Education, Standardized Tests, Paul Pastorek, Shanghai Math, New Jersey Education, Education News

In the eyes of Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett, America's schools can only improve by taking on a number of different reforms simultaneously...

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Joy Resmovits

Charters, Choice, Teacher Quality: What The American Public Wants In Its Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Education News, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Trust, Vouchers, Randi Weingarten, Teachers Unions, Standardized Tests, Gallup, Politics, Teacher Tenure, Education, Test Scores, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Education Sector, School Choice, Pdk, Teachers, Seniority, Education News

During a year of turmoil, layoffs and wrangling over the hiring and firing of teachers, American appreciation for teachers reached an all-time high --...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Walton Family Foundation Gifts Teach for America $49.5 Million

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Walton Family Foundation, Vouchers, Teach for America, Good News, Wal-Mart, Tfa, Philanthropy, Education, Donation, Privatization, School Choice, $50 Million, Teachers, Education Reform, $49.5 Million, Education News

NEW YORK -- The Walton Family Foundation announced a $49.5 million grant Wednesday to help double the size of Teach for America's national teaching co...

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Hold The Vouchers, Please

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Dcsd, John Carson, Dougco Voucher, Dr. Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, Meghann Silverthorn, Clifton Stahl, Douglas County School District, Dan Gerken, Douglas County Schools, Douglas County, Douglas County Vouchers, Matt Douglas, Vouchers, Huffington Post Denver Voucher, Douglas County School Board Colorado, School Voucher System, Video, Denver News

Plaintiffs filed a motion Tuesday and Wednesday asking Denver District Court to prohibit the implementation of the Douglas County School District's Ch...

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WATCH: Arne Duncan Talks Education Reform With MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Video, Education, Msnbc, Andrea Mitchell, Vouchers, Arne Duncan, No Child Left Behind, Budget, Education Reform, Education News

Education Secretary Arne Duncan sat down with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell to discuss the challenges facing public schools and the need for education refor...

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Joy Resmovits

New Laws That Begin, Expand Programs That Use Public Money For Private Schooling Attract Lawsuits, Investigations

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Education, Vouchers, Colorado School Board, Charter Schools, Obama Education Policy, Public School, Zelman, Ohio Education Reform, School Choice, Religious Schools, Private School, Education Reform, Douglas County, Education Law, Education News

Cindra Barnard loves her district's public schools. That's why she's fighting the school board. Barnard is a resident of Douglas County, Colo., whe...

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Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Affordable Care Act, The Golden Rule, Medicaid, Medicare, GOP Budget, Vouchers, Paul Ryan, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

The GOP knows that the Ryan budget could be an albatross next year. So they're insisting that Democrats do that which the GOP would never, ever do: refrain from running attack ads on an issue about which they have a huge advantage.

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Pennsylvania: 'Selectively Dismantling' Public Education

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Nea, Senator Robert Casey, Vouchers, Jerry Stern, Psea, Tom Corbett, Education, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

Regardless of party affiliation, an elected official in the state of Pennsylvania is required to support public education.

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Taxing Medicare

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alan Simpson, Vouchers, Medicare, Simpson-Bowles, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Some in Congress, mostly Republicans, want to reduce the healthcare portion of our deficit by having Medicare recipients pay more. Some might even re...

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Vouchers Are a Scam

Steve Nelson | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Establishment Clause, Michelle Rhee, Privatizing Education, Vouchers, Education, Education Reform, Catholic Schools, Indiana, School Vouchers, Education News
Steve Nelson

Ms. Rhee's missive intentionally avoids some very glaring problems, leading one to suspect her motivation and the motivation of other conservatives who press for vouchers and school choice.

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NEA Endorsement of Obama: A Suicide Pact for Public Education?

Randy Turner | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Classroom Teachers, Nea, Vouchers, Arne Duncan, Standardized Tests, President Bush, Public Education, Unions, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Education News
Randy Turner

By casting your lot with Barack Obama, and it pains me to say this, you are endorsing the president who has done more to destroy what is good about public education than any president in history.

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Alice In Medicareland: One Voucher Makes You Larger...

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Ryan Proposal, Strengthen Social Security, Cato Institute, Vouchers, Lewis Carroll, John Boehner, Social Security, Medicare, Tim Burton, Politifact, Town Halls, Comedy News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

"If I had a world of my own," said Alice, "everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't." Th...

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There He Goes Again

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Medicare, Vouchers, Paul Ryan, Private Insurance, David Brooks, Extremism, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

In his most recent New York Times column, David Brooks did what he does best -- attempted to dress up extremism in the guise of respectable, measured language.

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Why Any Deal to Cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid Would be a Moral, Economic and Political Disaster

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Retirement Age, Social Security Privatization, Vouchers, Social Security, Entitlement Reform, Harry Reid, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Democracy Corps, Third Way, Medicaid Cuts, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Those who wring their hands about the long-term budget deficit act as if the deficit problem is intractable, and conveniently forget that only a decade ago President Clinton left office with federal surpluses as far as the eye could see.

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5 Myths About School Vouchers -- And The Truth

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scholarships, School Choice, Vouchers, School Vouchers, Education Budget Cuts, School Budgets, Education Facts, Education-Myths, Education News

One of the most contentious budget debates this year may be over something the president did not include in his 2012 spending plan -- school vouchers....

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Florida's Education Forward! Summit: Moving the Dialogue a Step Forward

Rita M. Solnet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Senate, Doe, Fcat, Senator Maria Sachs, Dept. Of Education, Education, Vouchers, School Vouchers, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Florida Politics, Education Reform, Teachers, Florida Education News, Florida House, Education News
Rita M. Solnet

Florida's public education challenges are approaching us now with hurricane force. In fact, those in the education profession might describe it as a Category 5 storm.

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