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Archive for April 22nd, 2007

Congress may act to keep guns from mentally ill

Posted in Congress, Gonzales, NRA, Politics, Pragmatism, bipartisan, gun control, guns on April 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »

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It is a start in the right direction. If this truly becomes a bipartisan issue then a chance for fair and reasonable legislation may emerge. One of my hobby horses has been that we have had far too much partisanship over the past 12 years in this country. All that has [...]

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Accountability in Higher Education

Posted in Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Spellings, education, higher education, learning on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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So now the testing craze has reached the level of higher education. My goodness, perhaps we should demand a test for those that serve the nation, make them accountable for their performance by reducing that performance to a test score at the end of each and every year they serve in office. [...]

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Reading First Works?

Posted in Classroom Practice, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, NCLB, Politics, Reading First, Spellings, education, teaching on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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The DoED press release clipped in part below is interesting, though not complete. There are also questions of trustworthiness of the report. One must never take a single study as being true on its face. Rather serious critical questions must be raised about why one should trust the results. Questions [...]

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