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Charters Close the Achievement Gap, Says Thomas Sowell
Charters Close the Achievement Gap, Says Thomas Sowell
Art Carden | July 6, 2020
Closing Schools Was a Grievous Error
Closing Schools Was a Grievous Error
Williamson M. Evers | June 23, 2020
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Liberal Mayors, Racial Politics, and Fake News
John C. Goodman | June 8, 2020
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Nicholas Tampio
Reviewed By Richard Phelps
Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
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Better than Common Core: Florida’s New K-12 Standards Raise the Bar
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| July 2, 2020
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May 27, 2020
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May 22, 2020
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May 21, 2020
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May 19, 2020
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Jan. 30, 2020
Vicki Alger, author of
Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children
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Oct. 31, 2019
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Oct. 17, 2019
Common Core: A Decade of Making American Education (even) Worse
June 13, 2019
“Common Core Turns Ten” Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Rod Arquette Radio Show
June 11, 2019
“Millennials and Free Markets” Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
May 23, 2019
Richard Vedder, author of
Restoring the Promise
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May 1, 2019
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on KFMB’s Brett Winterble Radio Show
Aug. 17, 2016
