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September 13, 2007

September 13, 2007

USA Today: Our view on education: Merit pay for teachers begins to earn high grades - Objecting to merit pay today amounts to opposing a proven tool for making teachers more effective.

National Review Online, NY: Educational Freedom by Every Means Available - While millions of children are denied a quality education daily, we ought not to recklessly dismiss good solutions.  It is gross hyperbole to conclude, as Schaeffer does, that “school choice opponents have thrown everything at education tax credits to no avail.” Vouchers and tax credit programs have both opened educational doors once closed to children nationwide. Relying exclusively on tax-credit school choice programs would unnecessarily restrict the range of policy options reform-minded legislators could pursue. Such a premature narrowing of options is unwise for a reform movement that needs to maximize choice and develop a variety of models for differing environments.


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