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Alexander (Sasha) Sidorkin is the Director of the School of Teacher Education, University of Northern Colorado. He holds two doctorate degrees in Education, one from his native Russia, and another from the University of Washington. His career in teacher education spans 20 years and two continents. He published four books and many papers, and has a site “The Russian Bear's diaries”.

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Can we mandate spending on education?

In a recent editorial, Washington Post writes: “Maryland law requires counties to maintain at least the same...
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Freemium University

In his recent book, Free, Chris Anderson lays out several emerging business models of the digital age. In many...
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Federal Government takes over the college loan business

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday that would effectively end private-lender...
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Health care and education, the two non-collapsing systems

Though deeply dysfunctional by most standards, the U.S. health care system remains disturbingly stable. That no one...
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REACH program – cash for AP exams

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Jennifer Medina of the New York Times has recently reported on REACH program that offers students up to $1000 for...
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“Race to the top”… of what?

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It is one thing to save states’ budgets from collapse, and helping them to retain teachers. It is quite...
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How serious are we about reforming education?

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On one hand, there is lot of tough talk about the need for a radical reform of education. See, for example, an...
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Homeschooling is an economic issue

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The debate about homeschooling is often misguided. The question is not whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. It is here to stay, but it will...
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Supplemental education in Russia and U.S.

12 colleagues and I just got back from Novosibirsk, Russia, where we participated in a conference on teacher...
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Mad rush to education reform

The stimulus money for education come to states with some conditions, which is a good thing. However, one...
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