Heartland Newspapers - Education

Teach for America: Vibrant Alternative to Teacher Certification

Ashley Bateman
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April 05, 2013
As shifting employment opportunities and reform movements alter the U.S. education landscape, one organization has received steadily increasing support from lawmakers.

Herb Walberg: Education and Capitalism (podcast)

Joy Pullmann
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April 04, 2013
Capitalism once did a superior job providing K-12 schooling in the United States, and would do so once again if the public could overcome its fear of markets and economics, wrote Herbert Walberg an

Lawmakers Slip Indiana Common Core Measure Into Another Bill

Joy Pullmann
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April 04, 2013
A bill to halt Common Core in Indiana during public hearings and a cost analysis wasn't getting past House Education Committee Chairman Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis).

Idaho Committee Quashes School Choice Measure

Rachel Sheffield
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April 03, 2013
The Idaho House of Representatives approved its first private school choice proposal 35-33, only to have a Senate committee vote it down 7-2 in April.

Not Your Father’s Vocational Education

Isabel Lyman
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April 02, 2013
Joe Beach, a young Michigan dad and avid hunter, has no regrets about taking automotive technology courses while attending Petoskey High School.

The Truth Behind ‘the Truth’ About Common Core

Christel Swasey
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April 02, 2013
I’m calling for a hogwash alert on the recent National Review Online article about Common C

Texas Curriculum Parents Can’t See Faces Legislative Scrutiny

Joy Pullmann
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April 01, 2013
A set of Texas curriculum and tests has bec

Secretive Texas Curriculum Faces Legislative Scrutiny

Joy Pullmann
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March 31, 2013
A set of Texas curriculum and tests has bec
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