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Using technology to transform our public schools
By Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn
Co-authors of "Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns" (McGraw-Hill, 2008).

Teachers, administrators, researchers, reformers, government leaders, parents, and others have long extolled the benefits that computer-based learning could have in schools: Educational video games, often referred to as “edutainment” or “serious” games, could make learning fun and motivating, especially for today’s students.   ...Read More...

Education Starts Here
by Ken Blackwell, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow for Public Policy- Buckeye Institute, Columbus, OH

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama both say public schools need work, but neither of their proposed solutions get to the root problem of our education crisis.



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The NEA Spells Out its Policies
by Phyllis Schlafly

NEA resolutions cover the waterfront of all sorts of political issues that have nothing to do with improving education for schoolchildren, such as supporting statehood for the District of Columbia, a "single-payer health care plan" (i.e., government-run), gun control, ratification of the International Criminal Court Treaty, and taking steps "to change activities that contribute to global climate change."



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On Education & Equity in Chicago Public Schools
by Mike VanWinkle

State Senator, and Reverend, James Meeks launched himself back onto front pages Monday, by encouraging students in inner-city neighborhoods to skip the first day of school. The reason for the protest is something Meeks has harped on for years: inequities in school funding.

The reality is, if there is anything for inner-city kids to protest, it is the system of public education itself. Inequality is literally built into the system by rigid union contracts that forbid schools in need from paying higher salaries to attract the best teachers.
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School Vouchers Help Improve Public Education

As some educators and school choice advocates begin to question whether school vouchers can reform public education, a new study of Milwaukee’s pioneering voucher program -- the nation’s oldest and largest city-specific program -- concludes it has had a positive effect on the city’s public schools and will become even more influential in the near future.


“Can Vouchers Reform Public Schools? Lessons from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program” is available HERE.


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