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Value-Added Teacher Evaluation Divides BESE Candidates, Draws Union Opposition
Test scores that measure the progress students make each year will now be used as part of a new [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Anti-Debt Resolution Fuels Movement for Constitutional Amendment
Big spenders in Congress who continue to inflate the national debt at the expense of future generations [...]
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Guest Commentary: BP Awarded First Gulf Permit to Drill Since Deepwater Horizon Incident
The long-awaited permit gives BP the green light to begin drilling a 6,034-foot exploratory well off the [...]
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Commentary: Amtrak Illustrates Inefficiency Of Publicly Funded Transportation
No viable enterprise would hope to operate at a profit with the extremely inefficient procedures [...]
Read moreStudy Says Unemployment Benefits Hurting Job Growth
A recent Tax Foundation study contends that the unemployment insurance system is in need of an overhaul, [...]
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Governors Bush And Wise Announce Blueprint For Digital Education Initiative
Online learning engages students in ways that classroom instruction sometimes fails to do, whether due to [...]
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Commentary: Louisiana Decision to Forgo Federal Early Education Grant Sparks Uproar
This decision... raises important questions about the value of federally funded education programs such [...]
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ObamaCare’s Regulatory Uncertainty Stirs Republican and Democratic Criticism at the State Level
Even as they differ over the merits and defects of health care exchanges, state officials from across [...]
Read moreStudent Based Budgeting Viewed as Logical Extension of Charter School Movement
Strong performing charter schools in the Recovery School District (RSD) make a compelling case for even [...]
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