Teacher unions
Graduation time: Hold the celebration
High drop-out rate plagues Nevada’s education system
Fewer than half of Nevada's students graduate high school.
Playing favorites
Clark County teachers get a special deal
In the last year, Clark County teachers received an unpublicized salary increase.
Racing to the top, or running in place?
Winning federal money doesn’t mean you’ve improved education
You can't improve education just by winning federal dollars.
Attacking the pillars of mediocrity
Nevada should quit protecting bad teachers
Which industry in Nevada terminates less than one percent of its employees for poor performance, incompetence or criminal behavior? If you said “Public Education,” give yourself a gold star.
Race to nowhere
State teacher unions given veto over Race to the Top funding
The round-one winners of Race to the Top funds surprised many observers of the education-reform scene.
The emerging education consensus
Candidates in both major parties are embracing sound policy ideas
Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates have embraced real education reforms.
Rhetoric versus reality
On education spending, they’re telling you more is less
The K-12 education establishment is trying to pretend that a $200 million funding increase is a devastating cut.
Power to the pupil
Howard Fuller fights for educational choice
Howard Fuller, a former black-nationalist community organizer and long-time education reformer, sees education reform as the civil rights fight of the 21st Century.
A voice for the Hispanic community
Anthony Colón's fight for education reform
Anthony Colón, an education consultant, says Hispanics must have a voice in the education reform movement.
Assessing the governor’s education reforms
The conversation is heading in the right direction
Governor Jim Gibbons' proposed education reforms represent a step in the right direction.
