Last week I wrote about Patrick Ruffini’s discussion of Republicans’ policy failure on health care. If anyone read Ruffini’s whole post, you’d have seen that, never mind his generally sensible takedown of Republican strategy, he wrote some delusional prose about No Child Left Behind.
At the outset of his Administration, George W. Bush set out to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
Drum: Kill NCLB, Unite a Nation
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Education, Politics and media
Did Bruce Benson Call CO Schools Third World Junk?
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Education
Is anyone else reading CU president Bruce Benson the same way I am this morning? Essentially, I hear Benson arguing that unless state legislators approve unilateral tuition hikes by public colleges and universities, then Colorado schools will not be first-class institutions of higher education.
Actually, it’s worse than that. Here’s Benson on the topic of tuition [...]
Tags: Bruce Benson·Tuition Limits
AP Courses & Denver Public Schools
August 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Education
*CORRECTION: My original post cited a 19% pass rate among Lincoln High AP students on 2009 AP exams. That number in fact is 20% and has been amended below. Thanks to PF for the catch.
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Let me start by saying I think high expectations are a good thing in any classroom. That said, it’s also our [...]
