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11.18.09 - Sandra Stotsky - The ed schools' pedagogy adds up to trouble. The statistics on U.S. math performance are grim. American eighth-graders ranked 25th out of 30 countries in mathematics achievement on the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA),

An age of loose money not only destroys savings; it corrodes character.

Nothing is free—certainly not French health care.

Many parents of disabled students have a lot of trouble ensuring that public schools give their kids an appropriate education.

7.15.09 - Marcus Winters - Large administrative data systems were a natural by-product of the movement toward increased student testing in the United States. As more and more states began administering their own tests to students, the scores needed to be collected and the data maintained.

After the financial meltdown, Mayor Bloomberg’s “luxury product” has become unaffordable.

In 2004, the City of New Haven, Connecticut, decided to throw out a job-related examination that would have qualified Frank Ricci and 17 other firefighters for promotions.