tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58702482008-04-25T09:44:25.617+08:00Ed TrackerSteveBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-74520437508223171762008-04-25T09:41:00.002+08:002008-04-25T09:44:25.643+08:00Education Lessons We Left Behind<br><a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/will042408.php3">George Will's latest</a> on a nation at risk.<br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-46852577795762792092008-04-07T09:41:00.003+08:002008-04-07T09:46:41.776+08:00Two Excellent Articles From City Journal<br><a href="http://www.city-journal.com/2008/18_1_instructional_reform.html">School Choice Isn't Enough by Sol Stern</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.city-journal.com/2008/18_1_campus_rape.html">The Campus Rape Myth by Heather McDonald</a><br><br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-32255419280128201402008-04-04T09:07:00.003+08:002008-04-04T09:12:50.526+08:00Threat To HomeschoolingCalifornia tries to derail homeschooling initiatives as John Stossel details in <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/threat_to_homeschooling.html">Threat To Homeschooling</a>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-50178618063323979872007-11-19T10:21:00.000+08:002007-11-19T10:25:19.833+08:00A Libertarian View<br>Two recent articles by Per Bylund, regular contributor to LewRockwell.Com<br><br><br /><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund21.html">The Terrible Effects of Public Schooling</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund23.html">The Failure of Government Sponsored Schooling</a>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-82866635259948172442007-10-31T17:05:00.000+08:002007-11-06T06:47:31.831+08:00How Dumb Are They?<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL&amp;feed=rss.mmorford">Mark Morford's interview</a> with a teacherStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-35565032159729659882007-10-31T16:52:00.000+08:002007-10-31T17:01:31.162+08:00Is Multiculturalism "Bunk"?<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.multicultural30oct30,0,4084309.story">Robert Holland story</a> in Baltimore SunStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-50103467068460732007-08-10T07:36:00.000+08:002007-08-10T07:37:52.432+08:00Knowledge Is Power Program<br><a href="http://www.kipp.org">KIPP</a> is an interesting reform initiative.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-19941984596817594832007-07-27T11:17:00.000+08:002007-07-27T11:19:44.213+08:00Pay More To Teach Less<br><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/07/an_rx_for_failure_pay_more_to.html"><br />An RX For Failure</a> by Debra Saunders<br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-87966620754767730952007-05-14T15:02:00.000+08:002007-05-14T15:05:27.798+08:00Teachers Leaving Profession in Droves<br>Here's an <a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5757580"> article</a> from Shirley Dang at the Contra Costa Times.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-70477272611719116522007-04-27T10:16:00.001+08:002007-04-27T10:30:37.680+08:00Are American Universities Hate Factories?<br>Here is a controversial <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/04/was_cho_taught_to_hate.html">article</a> from the <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com">American Thinker</a>.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1176714119066041552007-04-16T16:57:00.000+08:002007-04-16T17:05:17.966+08:00Gary North Writing on Lew Rockwell.Com<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north524.html">Misunderstanding Higher Education</a><br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north525.html">Self-Education for the Cost of Toner</a>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1169452369950292182007-01-22T15:48:00.000+08:002007-01-22T15:54:11.490+08:00The New Campus Dissidents<br><br />An <a href="http://www.edtracker.info/Campusdis.htm">interesting article</a> on re-establishing the classics by Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason MagazineStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1165982488422383962006-12-13T11:57:00.000+08:002006-12-13T12:01:28.440+08:00More Criticism of Ed Schools<br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_ferguson&sid=aGM9th9NHYn8"><br />Who Teaches Teachers Explains a Dismal Record</a> by Andrew Ferguson<br><br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1162956739568700612006-11-08T11:27:00.000+08:002006-11-08T14:21:00.286+08:00Salaries; Labor Standards<br>Two articles, one from Higheredjobs.com posting a <a href="http://www.higheredjobs.com/salary">survey</a> on academic and administrative salaries in American higher ed<br><br><br /><br />Second<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003300082_danjacoby12.html"> article</a> from the Seattle Times on the problems of part-timers at community colleges.<br><br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1162001476876304412006-10-28T10:06:00.000+08:002006-10-28T10:13:25.440+08:00Teaching isn't a Profession in AmericaA short <a href="http://www.edtracker.info/Teaching.html">op-ed piece</a> from Schackne Online,<br />arguing that teaching in the United States does<br />not conform to professional guidelines.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1159579001420296272006-09-30T09:14:00.000+08:002006-09-30T09:16:41.433+08:00Too Many College Grads?<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0925/p09s01-coop.html">The U.S. Doesn't need More College Grads</a> from the Christian Science MonitorStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1157086215218484882006-09-01T12:47:00.000+08:002006-09-01T12:54:54.976+08:00Reading, Writing, Ripped Off: The Plight of TeachersAn interesting <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16599">article</a><br />by Bob Williams in Human Events.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1156993721282588952006-08-31T11:05:00.000+08:002006-09-01T12:55:13.496+08:00John Stossel on Competition and SchoolsHe says <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/08/schools_need_competition_now.html"><br />Our Schools Need Competition Now</a>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1156820685311203672006-08-29T11:01:00.000+08:002006-09-01T12:56:02.280+08:00Public Schools Aren't Free AnymoreYou may be surprised how much you are paying to send your child to public school as Beth Waldron outlines in <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0822/p09s02-coop.html"><br />Make Public Schools Affordable for Public</a>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1156751044599890432006-08-28T15:36:00.000+08:002006-08-28T15:46:20.106+08:00Incompetence at the Top<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/taylor/taylor129.html">Public School Administration</a> by Linda Schrock Taylor gives the reader<br />an insight into the problems of public school administrationStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1147398398449543972006-05-12T09:43:00.000+08:002006-05-12T09:54:23.770+08:00Half of Teachers Quit in 5 YearsA short <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/08/AR2006050801344_pf.html"><br />article</a> on the problem of teacher retentionStevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1145347011444857162006-04-18T15:53:00.000+08:002006-05-12T09:56:34.030+08:00The Agony of American EducationAn excellent <a href="http://www.reason.com/0604/fe.ls.the.shtml">article</a> by Lisa Snell on per student funding...re-printed from <a href="http://www.reason.com">Reason</a> magazine.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1143246882857424912006-03-25T08:29:00.000+08:002006-03-25T08:34:42.866+08:00New ResourceThe <a href="http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org">Alliance For School Choice</a><br />is the new addition to our index page.Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1143091431437950942006-03-23T13:20:00.000+08:002006-03-23T13:23:51.446+08:00Politics Trumps Common Sense<br>George Will chronicles the <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/03/school_voucher_foolishness_in.html"><br />School Voucher Foolishness in Fla.</a><br /><br /><br>Stevetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870248.post-1141947475160187932006-03-10T07:32:00.000+08:002006-03-10T07:37:55.170+08:00John Hood on the Political Oligarchy at Universities<br><br /><a href="http://www.carolinajournal.com/jhdailyjournal/index.html?BMIDS=13205581-712dbda5-111960"><br />Pondering the Kids's Education Future</a> by John Hood of the John Locke Foundation<br /><br>Steve