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Picking Up the Pieces of No Child Left Behind
The past decade has proven that teaching to the test doesn't work. Here's a look at what does.
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The past decade has proven that teaching to the test doesn't work. Here's a look at what does.
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Paralyzed by the threat of litigation, educators are often unable to strictly enforce rules.
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Under the current system, educational leaders have all of the responsibility but none of the power. Allowing principals to act like CEOs may foster a more efficient system.
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Successful schools don't have a formula, other than that teachers and principals are free to follow their instincts.
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Our founders didn't anticipate that it would be much harder to repeal a law than pass it in the first place. Here's how we can revise the status quo and build a more efficient democracy.
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Most people won't miss their state boards and commissions. So why is the process is so slow and fraught with political consequences?
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Laws go out of date, so why can't the U.S. regularly revise and update them, as some European countries do?
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It's hard to make sense of laws that didn't make sense in the first place -- like a decades-old ban on beer bottles with an uneven number of ounces.
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Although the problem of black disenfranchisement has been largely solved, many southern states still have to submit all voting rules changes for federal approval.
Polls reveal that the country is united in thinking that old laws clog the system and need to be periodically reviewed.
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The EPA, just as large as it ever was, is now on autopilot, churning out rules and regulations without heed to cost or competing values. It spends huge sums chasing the tiniest of risks.
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A conversation with Guido Calabresi, a senior judge on the U.S.Court of Appeals's second circuit, on how outmoded legislation can be cleanly wiped from the books
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Obsolete law adds costs to the system at every turn. Instead of penalties for referrals, there needs to be greater incentive for collaboration.
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They're purportedly designed to protect consumers from shoddy work, but in actuality they're wasteful, driving up the costs of everyday services.
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For far too long, Washington has added laws, programs, and regulations -- but rarely does it look back to see if those initiatives still make sense.
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Much like a clogged artery, interest-specific legislation has slowly accumulated in the legal code, blocking progress and undermining the health of the system.
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We elect new representatives, but continue on with policy from decades ago. To go forward, Congress needs to confront the past.
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The next president will be impelled and empowered to reform it.
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