by Carol A. Josel | Apr 15, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Government failure is hardly new, though President Obama has given it a characteristic new twist: A program’s proven inability to do the things it is supposed to do is now an argument for expanding it. In our new progressive era, no program can ever end...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 1, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Knowing how to identify and measure great teaching is a huge step toward providing better feedback and support for teachers and building a better education system for all our children–but it’s just one step. The challenge now is to use this...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“Children in school today will be the first generation that will be less educated than their parents. Critics say, ‘So what if America’s education rankings aren’t at the top? America’s schools have always been in the middle of the pack,...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 19, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“This simple [NCLB] waiver authority has turned into a conditional waiver, with the secretary [Arne Duncan] basically grabbing–grabbing’s not the right word–having more authority to make decisions that, in my view, should be made locally by the...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 11, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“America’s downfall doesn’t begin with the ‘low information voter.’ It starts with the no-knowledge student. For decades, collectivist agitators in our schools have chipped away at academic excellence in the name of fairness, diversity,...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 25, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
“If Twitter had existed in Homer’s day, would he have tweeted? If his time had been so occupied, would he still have been able to compose his twin masterpieces, The Illiad and The Odyssey–the foundation texts of Western civilization? More important,...
