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Literacy | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. How to Help Your Baby or Toddler Love Reading (Part 2). In Part 1 I talked about basic things you can do to help your child gain verbal ability, the biggest predictor of later intelligence (and, therefore, job prospects and likely increased happiness): … Continue reading →. 12 October 2013 · Leave a Comment. 5 September 2013 · Leave a Comment.
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Common Core ‘Losing the [Local] Messaging War’ | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. Common Core ‘Losing the [Local] Messaging War’. He pilloried Ed Secretary Arne Duncan’s “white moms” comment, and said it was just utterly awful PR. Demonizing concerned moms, we both agreed, is the exact wrong tactic. Image by Nico Grienauer. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *.
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More on Why Preschool Vouchers Are a Bad Idea | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. More on Why Preschool Vouchers Are a Bad Idea. After sending out yesterday’s School Choice Weekly. In which I bashed the Indiana House for passing a preschool voucher pilot, I received a few thoughtful comments in my email box. Would be better off if the preschool funds were vouchers. I said yes. What’s the difference? Further, the reason government sub...
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Classical Education | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Category Archives: Classical Education. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. Book Review: Two Books on Christian Classical Education by Douglas Wilson. This post is reprinted from my earlier blog, which means the comments from there have not been reprinted. Review of The Case for Classical Christian Education and Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, … Continue reading →.
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The New Racism: White Guys Need Not Apply | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. The New Racism: White Guys Need Not Apply. This young man is a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Mexico. He prefers the term “Chicano,” not “Hispanic” or “Mexican-American.” Here’s a long quote from my notes. I work in a school that has turned itself [around] like that. Image by Scott Ogle. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Theme: Suburb...
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What Common Core Looks Like | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. What Common Core Looks Like. As you can tell from the gap in posts, I’ve been submerged this past week, ever since taking the whole family to my first post-baby speaking engagement in Saint Louis. I wanted to highlight this large article I had published in. Seeing her dad, Russell’s daughter gasps and trots over to hug him. Then, slightly embarrasse...
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Common Core Communications Collaboratives Not Very Communicative | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. Common Core Communications Collaboratives Not Very Communicative. Two weeks ago, I got off the phone after about 30 seconds with Matt Gandal, a former. Executive at Achieve Inc., manager of Race to the Top implementation for the Obama administration, and teachers union official. Now he’s a consultant. In December, he gave a presentation. Common Core ...
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Joy Pullmann | Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis | Page 2
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. Ravitch on a Common Curriculum Without Coercion. Back to Left Back. Ravitch writes: [After WWI] There was a striking homogeneity of offerings, since teachers and parents had a broadly shared understanding about what children should learn in school. … Continue reading →. 22 January 2014 · Leave a Comment. 15 January 2014 · 1 Comment. Because the 2014-201...
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Crisis of the Uninsured: 2008 | NCPA
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Bob McTeer's Economic Policy Blog. Retirement and Taxes Blog. Energy and Environment Blog. Internships and Junior Fellowships. Hatton W. Sumners Foundation. Failing Health Care Co-ops Will Cost Taxpayers. View all subscription options. Crisis of the Uninsured: 2008. Thursday, August 28, 2008. In fact, the proportion of people without health insurance was a percentage-point lower in 2007 than a decade earlier (16.3 percent in 1998). The slight increase in the number of uninsured over the past deca...Nearl...
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Our Equality Mania Has Destroyed Excellence | Joy Pullmann
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Rare right-leaning education reporting and analysis. Jay Greene and Co. Nat’l Center for Policy Analysis. Out in Left Field. Truth in American Education. Our Equality Mania Has Destroyed Excellence. Once again, someone has put better words to a phenomenon I’ve been trying to describe. Here, Mark Signorelli explains why. Our experts…aren’t. Various credentials are supposed to qualify a person to do certain things, like, hm,. Deciding what kids should learn when. Image by Nicholas Nova.
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