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Presidential Campaign Prevaricating Infects Education Debate Charlie

Is Bob Linn stupid or just intellectually dishonest? Let’s put it this way: we don’t think he’s stupid.

 Failure Is An Option Pondiscio

For the first time in seven years, Seattle public high-school students who do poorly can receive a failing grade on their report cards.

Shame on the Washington-knows-best crowd (myself included) Petrilli

Conventional wisdom in Washington, circa 2001, was that states and schools were not to be trusted.

 Century Foundation's Rx for NCLB Missing Key Ingredient Hoff

With the political world focused on the elections and the economy, education policy wonks are busy thinking about the future of NCLB.

 More Equity and Less Red Tape CAP

Report from Robert Gordon on rethinking the comparability and compliance provisions in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

 $68 Laptops for Students Pondiscio

The Portuguese government today began an ambitious plan to distribute half a million super-cheap “Magellan” laptops to school children at a subsidized price of 50 euros –about $68 U.S — in a bid to boost the computer literacy of Portugal’s elementary age school children.