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Watch and Join a Heated Three-Minute Education Debate

Dan Brown | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

At last week's Ed in '08 Blogger Summit, I asked a question about alternatives to high-stakes testing to the education policy panel and received an an...

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Newt Gingrich and Me: A Charged Moment at an Education Blogger Summit

Dan Brown | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Hotel Palomar, School Vouchers, Monopoly of Failure, Education Policy, Bloggers, School Funding, Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, School Reform, Education Sector, Teachers, Education Reform, New Gingrich, Ed in 08, Media News
Dan Brown

Gingrich's automatic dismissal of everyone currently within the struggling education system feels parallel to the disastrous de-Baathification process following the US invasion of Iraq.

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I've Been Nominated for Education Blogger of the Year -- Thank You Huffington Post!

Dan Brown | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, Education, Nclb, Ed in '08, Blogging, Media News
Dan Brown

It's been my great pleasure to help to stir the pot about issues affecting students, teachers, and families in America.

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What's Happened to the Great American Century?

Marc Lampkin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Marc Lampkin

Over the last 25 years, while other countries have restructured and significantly improved their educational system, ours has stagnated.

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The Case for a Longer School Year (and What Conservatives Can Do About It)

Marc Lampkin | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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Marc Lampkin

We are kidding ourselves if we think our kids can compete with students in India and China for the jobs of the future on six-hour school days.

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