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School Choice
Having kids who recently finished up elementary school, it seems incredibly obvious to me that the biggest problem with schools is not the schools, but parents. When we were kids, there was the same variety of ability and intellect in the classrooms. The difference was that a far greater proportion of us were from families that not only valued ...
Posted to Schoolhouse Rock by Whomever on September 18, 2008
A constitutional right to education?
Some prominent education reformers, including scholars at Berkeley and Columbia, have recently been talking up the idea of pushing for a constitutional right to education. Others have expressed concerns about such efforts (see http://ssrn.com/abstract=1094072). What do people think of pursuing this avenue?
Posted to Schoolhouse Rock by coypolloi on September 9, 2008