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4:08 PM, Mar 13, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERLouisiana governor Bobby Jindal is moving ahead with education reform--but it isn't without controversy.
Read more... 10:45 AM, Feb 28, 2012 • By JOY PULLMANA strongly-worded statement from Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week revealed his distaste for federalism, since it undermines his goal of having all states agree to one set of education standards.
Read more... 12:14 PM, Jan 24, 2012 • By JOY PULLMANNAs they shift focus to education-reform star Florida, GOP presidential candidates would do well to join the host of Americans and legislators marking School Choice Week this week with rallies, speeches, gatherings, and general enthusiasm.
Read more... 2:30 PM, Nov 16, 2011 • By JOY PULLMANNOne federal department Rick Perry can remember he wants to eliminate is Education. The presidential candidate has just revealed an overview of his approach to “wasteful, overbearing, and redundant” agencies, going into greater detail yesterday with a new policy document.
Read more... 1:45 PM, Nov 8, 2011 • By JOY PULLMANPresident Obama announced today his plans to again unilaterally change federal education policy as part of a new “We can’t wait” campaign, charging Congress with “obstructing” his plans to reshape education and the federal budget.
Read more... 11:15 AM, Nov 1, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAYThose on the left are wont to complain that government employees are under assualt these days because GOP politicians are going after public sector unions and generous deals they've leveraged through collective bargaining. The standard defense of civil service workers is, yes, they might have good benefits and more job stability but these things are necessary because public sector workers earn significantly less than private sector counterparts.
Read more... 12:30 PM, Oct 28, 2011 • By JOY PULLMANNPresident Obama announced Wednesday he will issue an executive order for the federal government to reduce student loan payments with measures that almost surely will have taxpayers picking up the tab.
Read more... . . . against the Obama administration.1:30 PM, Oct 27, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENLast week, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate forged an unlikely alliance when they agreed in committee on a rewrite of the federal education authorization law. Both liberal Democrat Tom Harkin and conservative Republican Mike Enzi crafted the bill, which promises to limit the federal mandates put forth originally in No Child Left Behind.
But Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who has been pushing hard for Congress to pass education reauthorization, isn't fully pleased with the result.
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