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History-Making in the Big Apple (Allen & Chavous)

More than his race, background or any physical feature, Governor Paterson stands out nationally as a liberal African-American Democrat who strongly supports the rights of parents to choose the best...

Charters: Positive Alternative (Fred Crawford)

Bleak socioeconomic forces - substantial disparities in reading and math skills and widening wage gaps - can only be addressed when...

Sticker Shock

CATO's Andrew Coulson lays out full school choice as an educationally and fiscally compelling option for DC's public school students - who are currently being undereducated by the dysfunctional...

Living in a Post-National Math Panel World (Barry Garelick)

Every year as objectionable math programs are introduced into schools, parents are alarmed at what isn't being taught. The National Mathematics Panel's new report, Foundations for Success, offers...

On Governors, Education and Leadership - For a Change

How is it that governors - who have nearly ultimate power to change education laws for the better - spend most of the education space in their State of the State addresses year after year touting...

Solutions: Educating Our Children

Forbes reaches out to 20 leaders from industry, public policy and education - including CER's Jeanne Allen - to offer their vision for putting American education and American students back on sound...

NOW is the Time

"Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children." - Martin Luther King, I Have A DreamNow is the time to put the improvement of schools over and above...

The BLOB-Grinches Who Thought They Could Stop Reform From Coming

While Marion Barry calls for protection of the "God-given rights" of DC central staffers, and educrat lawyers denounce Wisconsin parents as "unlicensed, untrained,...

Traditional Math Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry (Barry Garelick)

The difference between traditional and present-day teaching is striking. The emphasis is now on big concepts. These come at the expense of learning and mastering the basics. Getting the right answer...

Happy Thanksgiving

We celebrate with gratitude the freedoms that make this country great, and pray for a future in which all America families enjoy the freedom to choose the education that is best for...