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5 Myths about Public Education in America

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2013-12-11T14:17:30-08:00 December 11th, 2013|Categories: Education|Tags: achievement tests, charter schools, No Child Left Behind, public education reform, Race to the Top, students, teachers, teachers unions, teaching to the test, TIMMS|0 Comments

As some of you know, I have written extensively about public education in America and am a vocal critic of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. One of the most misrepresented findings in public education these days is that American students' scores on achievement tests place them in the middle of the [...]

Early Childhood Education Has a Big ROI

Back in 2011, I wrote a blog post arguing that early childhood education was far more important to positive outcomes for poor children than current efforts to reform public education once kids get to elementary and secondary school. A recent commentary in the New York Times by James Heckman, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from [...]