Here’s a little seasonal verse based on a true story of something that happened at the Hood abode a few Christmases ago.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Condition of Education 2006, published by the National Center for Education Statistics, summarizes important developments and trends in education. Included is a special analysis on international assessments.
Every Christmas, it seems, someone makes the argument that exchanging gifts is economically inefficient. And every season, the straw man burns to an unjustified glow.
States with larger, more-expensive governments had worse records on poverty during the 1990s than did states with smaller, less-expensive governments.
Is American education becoming obsolete? According to two new reports, the answer is an emphatic "yes." While these studies critique different flaws in our education system, they emphasize the same overarching message: Focus on the consumer.
To argue for limiting the terms of politicians or political leaders is not necessarily to question either their competence or their intentions.
The underperformance of public education cannot be attributed to inadequate funding. Spending has grown significantly over the past two decades, without commensurate results.
How do you tell a good teacher from a bad one? Personal style, high expectations, firm discipline, enthusiasm – there were many markers of excellence, according to my parents.
Toll roads are an excellent concept, but North Carolina has managed to turn them into tax machines, like the rest of the state's sorry roads program.
The manufacturing revolution in North Carolina requires fewer workers, yet the state's output and efficiency have risen.
The media should avoid playing Chicken Little when reporting on evidence of bird flu.
