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Bridgette Wallis has been watching the progress (or lack of progress) in public education policy since becoming a teacher 12 years ago. She no longer teaches but devotes her time to current events and she writes a blog on progressive education.

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John Stossel on PC-centric teacher education at the University of Minnesota

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

John Stossel was on the O’Reilly Factor Monday night discussing the controversial proposal to revamp the University of Minnesota’s teacher...
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Teaching the teachers to be politically correct

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How do we get politically correct students and schools? We get them by churning out politically correct teachers from teacher colleges and teacher...
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The public education and public health care analogy

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President Obama’s goal of passing a health care reform bill by the end of the year looks more likely every day. Since the House passed their...
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Public education politically correct phrase of the week - 'at-promise'

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Jay Mathews of the Washington Post brought to light the latest spin on feel-good phrasing in public education in the state of Virginia. According to...
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The federal stimulus saved and created 1 million jobs, really? Part 2

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Originally, President Obama promised the $787 billion Stimulus Act would save or create 3.5 million jobs. As of today, recovery.gov has posted that...
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The federal stimulus saved and created jobs, really? Part 1 - Updated

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Stimulus spending figures for most states have been out long enough to show that there are many overstatements about the impact of the $787 billion...
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Nationalized health care heads to the Senate

Last night, in a historic moment for partisanship, the Democrats in congress passed the House version of Obamacare. In the end, it took 219 Democrats...
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Saturday Update on HR 3962 - health insurance bill getting close to final vote

There was much fanfare this afternoon when the Democratic leadership of the House held a press conference for a final push to get more support for the...
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Fiscally conservative Texan's proposition guide -- early voting and November 3rd voting

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Early voting is ongoing and the general special election is next Tuesday, November 3rd. Since Republicans need to get back to their fiscally...
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The trouble with Republicans

According to a newly released Gallup poll, forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative. Thirty percent of Americans...
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