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Thursday, February 23, 2012

What Happened to the Geezer Teachers?

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A self-identified geezer teacher asks what happened to all the other geezer teachers . Why is the modal experience one year, not the histo...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Kindergarten Academics Is Not Academic Achievement...

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...no matter what anyone says otherwise. Robert Slavin, creator of the reading program Success For All, and before that, creator of the r...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Measly Educator Expense Deduction

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A Heritage Foundation study of teacher salaries has provoked quite an outpouring of response. I would like to address the $250 educator e...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Illegal Immigrants Pay Taxes--Who Knew

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At least the EdWeek article alludes to a fact many Americans consider unthinkable. Many, many illegal immigrants pay taxes. Furthermore, ...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

It's the Poverty, Stupid: Part 2

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This is the second part of a two part series. The first part discusses poverty in general, especially as it applies to the Occupy Movement....
Saturday, November 26, 2011

It's the Poverty, Stupid: Part 1

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This is the first part of a two part series. The first part discusses poverty in general, especially as it applies to the Occupy Movement. ...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Omnipresent Poverty and US Competitive Advantage

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Using test-scores to hold teachers accountable for student education variables not under teacher control is clearly wrong-headed, but for so...