Education

Chain Gang Education

April 19, 2004 | by Steven Miller

Nevadans across the political spectrum do agree on at least one thing: their dissatisfaction with the state’s educational system.

Higher Indoctrination

March 29, 2004 | by Doug French

Anyone who has spent any time on college campuses knows that most college faculty members are left-leaning and likely vote Democrat, if not Green or Socialist.

A 10 on the Richter Scale

January 19, 2004 | by Steven Miller

A magnitude-10 earthquake buckled the landscape beneath Nevada’s public education establishment two months ago. But to judge from the public silence, virtually no one in the Silver State noticed.

Wasting Time and Money

Why So Many Nevada Students Are Not Ready for College

Nevada strains financially to provide publicly funding education, yet a major proportion of its high school graduates are not ready for college.

Nevada Public School Performance

Parents and Employers Give a Failing Grade

January 1, 2004 | by Robert Schmidt Ph.D. , Charles F. Barr

The performance of Nevada public schools, as seen through the eyes of parents and employers, is not a pretty picture.

The Gathering Storm

July 28, 2003 | by Steven Miller

In California last week Assembly Democrats got caught calculating how they could profit politically by drawing out the Golden State’s budget crisis.

The Big Sleep

June 23, 2003 | by Steven Miller

Republican state legislators are being accused of a blasphemous absence of reverence for the Transcendent Divinity of Nevada’s public-school apparatus.

Kids Can’t Read Because the State Can’t Calculate

May 26, 2003 | by Doug French

What businessperson would ever continue to fund an investment that was not generating a positive return?

Hijacking Toddlers

March 17, 2003 | by Steven Miller

Silly you.

You thought when you entrusted your small children to Nevada’s public school system that the teachers and administrators would honor the trust you were placing in them.

Let’s Leave the Bronze Age

August 5, 2002 | by Steven Miller

At the root of many of Nevada’s persistent educational problems is a state law that has been on the books for almost 50 years.

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