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In Texas schools, failing grade for Bible courses
Guest ColumnistFifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the devotional use of the Bible by public schools, in its ruling on Abington Township v. Schempp. But many school districts in the Lone Star State still haven’t gotten the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Teachers, Schools, Public Schools
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GUEST COLUMN: Kentucky's new test leaves many questions unanswered
Contributing WriterGrand Canyon-esque gaps in math scores. Praise for poorly performing schools. Failed top-down policies. So far, the developing story being told by the initial batch of results from Kentucky’s new testing system suggests that our public education...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Social Issues, Elementary Schools, Science and Technology
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Making a list and fact-checking it twice
Contributing columnistWhile Santa’s busy checking his list, I’m inspecting claims that spending sleigh-fuls of money on government preschool programs would result in long-term improvement for Kentucky’s children. During his recent inaugural speech, Gov....Tags: Government, Preschools, Steve Beshear, Regional Authority, Medicaid
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Waters: Acknowledging big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Although far too few Kentucky 2011 high school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: New Orleans, Louisiana, Schools, DNA, Illinois
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Big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Guest columnistAlthough far too few Kentucky 2011 high-school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: New Orleans, Louisiana, Schools, DNA, Illinois
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