Education Policy

Center Education Policy Expert in Wall Street Journal
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Rhode Island Teachers Will Voice Concerns Over Education Policy
Rhode Island Public Radio
Last week, two dozen business organizations endorsed state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist and urged the state Board of Education to renew her contract. Some of the teachers under her command, however, do not share their enthusiasm.

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Proposed Groton Board of Education policy raises free speech concerns
TheDay.com
Groton - A school board committee is considering a policy that would prohibit people from complaining about school employees during board meetings and warn speakers they could be held "legally responsible" if their comments defame or invade the privacy ...
Proposed Policy Will Bar Complaints Against TeachersPatch.com

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California Education Policy Fund Announces Open Call for Letters of Inquiry to ...
PR Web (press release)
In an effort to effect meaningful policy reform in California's public education system, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) today announced a call for Letters of Inquiry to the California Education Policy Fund (CEPF), one of RPA's managed funds ...

Brazil's Education Policy Woes Seen As Its Achilles' Heel - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
As a new middle class rises in Brazil with aspirations for better education, it is finding lamentable conditions and low standards of education at many colleges and universities across Brazil. That has experts warning that the country's strained ...

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Education Policy Expert Cited by MLive
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Education Policy Director Michael Van Beek told The Jackson Citizen Patriot that it's “for the greater good” when a school districts shuts down or a district closes a building. “Our ultimate goal should not be keeping what we have now,” Van Beek said.

MLive Cites Center Education Policy Expert
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
MLive Monday cited a February Michigan Capitol Confidential story showing teachers in Michigan have the second-highest average pay in the country in a story about U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's visit to Michigan and his belief ...

Reader View: Eleven months to unlock education policy
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
The state Legislature won't pass the governor's educational priorities, and the governor vetoed almost half of the education bills passed by legislators this past session. It's fine to disagree on each other's policies, but then the question that must ...

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