Daily Archives: 08/25/2012

Senate Hearing Tackles Vouchers, School Choice

(Community Matters) “Taxpayer Savings Grants,” sound like the secret, opening battle cry for a movement to privatize Texas’ public education. Texas Tribune: Senate Hearing Tackles Vouchers, School Choice

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Blow: Starving the Future

(Community Matters)  Not a huge fan of Blow’s NYT opinion piece, Starving the Future [of US education] – too much reliance on projections of what the Chinese and Indians say they are gonna do and no acknowledgement of substantive improvements in US education over the last decade.

Admittedly the top level messages are correct – we under invest in education and the competition for jobs is becoming more acute.

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