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Rick Perry Calls Out Rebublican Supporters of NCLB
The Rick Perry and Arne Duncan kerfuffle over education policy has gotten lots of MSM play. Education Week reporter Sean Cavanagh takes a look at Perry’s book, Fed Up! Our Fight to Save American from Washington to gain insight into … Continue reading
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Tagged arne duncan, choice, congressional republicans, education, education reform, federal, federal control, federal power, federalization, George Bush, MSM, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, republicans, Rick Perry, RINO, School Choice, school reform, state independence, states, texas governor
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Dallas Morning News Rips Arne Duncan’s Texas Gaffe as a “Politically Motivated Distortion”
Dallas Morning News editorial writer Robert Scott has had it with Arne Duncan: Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s insult to Texas public education was a politically motivated distortion that doesn’t become a federal official in his position. What a load this … Continue reading
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Tagged arne duncan, charter schools, class sizes, education, education reform, high stakes testing, NCLB, poverty, race to the top, Rick Perry, school reform, testing, Texas
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Arne Duncan’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to do for His Attack on Rick Perry
This week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blasted the performance of Texas schools while Rick Perry has been governor. Hot Air’s Tina Korbe provided this link to Duncan’s interview with Bloomberg News’ Al Hunt: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Texas’s … Continue reading
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Tagged arne duncan, chicago schools, education reform, graduation rates, NAEP, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, obama, race to the top, record, Rick Perry, Secretary of Education, states, teachers, Texas, waivers
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Why Rick Perry’s Entrance into the GOP Field is Bad News for Ed Reformers
I suppose I should admit to seeing myself as an oddball. When compared to my friends whom have joined me in opposing the corporate/test-based reform movement, I enter the battle with a different resume. While its true I’m a public school … Continue reading
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What Rick Perry’s Fascinating Opposition to Common Core Standards Could Mean
Sean Cavanagh reported yesterday that Texas has withdrawn from the influential Council of Chief State Officer’s citing the organization’s devotion to the adoption of Common Core Standards. The state’s commissioner of education, Robert Scott, made the decision to pull out … Continue reading
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Tagged common core standards, council of chief state officers, department of education, education reform, Florida, florida education, high stakes testing, No Child Left Behind, parents, race to the top, Rick Perry, SB8, school reformers, test, testing, Texas
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