Proponents Advance to the Rear
Reporter Hetty Chang aired a report on all-day kindergarten interviewing Superintendent Paul Dugan and me on the issue. Proponents for the $186 million program will have to do better than saying, “Opponents haven’t visited the kindergarten classes.” We have visited, attended, and even graduated (some may contend otherwise) kindergarten classes.
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Michael Strembitsky, the father of the Edmonton reforms, spoke to legislators and education reformers Jan. 24th about the benefits and challenges involved in the innovative approach in education. Governor Gibbons described the program as more effective and responsive in his State of the State address and was present for the orientation.
Strembitsky related the numerous benefits […]

Do you remember when we used to look at Soviet citizens waiting in long lines to shop at the government stores and think to ourselves, “Those poor people, if only they knew better and had the choice and selections like we do.” Keep this in mind as you read about parents cajoling and begging school […]

This is where the rubber meets the road in K-12 education. Despite class-size reduction, increased per pupil spending, and pretended accountability with the likes of the “high stakes” but low level competency tests to graduate, too many students are graduating our high schools and going to college needing to take remedial classes in English and […]

Governor Gibbons Calls for Bringing Down the Education Wall
Governor Gibbons proposed tonight major educational reform in his State of the State address for Nevada. It is perestroika, glasnost and calls to bring down that wall all rolled into one. The “Edmonton” reforms he is calling for entail decentralization, choice, and accountability in public schools.
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Is all-day kindergarten dead man walking?
If ever there was proof that public education and Nevada’s Democrats prefer looking good (with your money) rather than doing good, their blind […]

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