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  • National K-12 Online Teacher of the Year0

    • March 28, 2011

    National K-12 Online Teacher of the Year Kristin Kipp joins Pam Benigno in a discussion about her experience as an online teacher. Kristin is a teacher at the 21st Century Virtual Academy, an online school in Jefferson County. She shares her experience as an English online teacher and expresses the importance of well-trained teachers for student learning in online educational programs.

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  • New Orleans Charters Latest to Show Positive Results, But Challenges Lie Ahead0

    • March 28, 2011

    A few weeks ago I pointed you to a study that showed Indiana charter schools outpacing their public school peers in making student academic improvements. Another place where charter schools are being done right — and on an unsurpassed scale — is New Orleans. Six of 10 public school students there is served by one […]

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  • The Washington Times Gets It Wrong0

    • March 28, 2011

    The Antiplanner generally appreciates the efforts of the Times, a fiscally conservative paper that tries to watchdog government agencies that waste tax dollars. But an editorial last Friday about highway user fees missed the point. The article was written in response to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on highway user fees. “The claim is that […]

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  • Colorado’s Neighbors to the East Look at Passing Some Choice-Friendly Reforms0

    • March 25, 2011

    It’s Friday morning. I’m ready to go out and play, so not a lot to blog about today. But I just wanted to bring a couple of developments to your attention. What about Colorado’s neighbors to the east? Their legislators seem to be giving serious consideration to a couple different good, commonsense reform ideas:

    More than […]

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  • Pick winner in the “Worst of ObamaCare” tournament at RealMarchMadness.org0

    • March 25, 2011

    [H]elp us determine which [part of ObamaCare is] most odious. Fill out the brackets below just as you would a basketball tournament bracket — choose which of the two “contestants” in each”game” you believe to be worse than its “competitor.” As you move through the brackets, you’ll eventually determine which of ObamaCare’s elements is the worst of all.

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  • Who Should Pay for America’s Jewels?0

    • March 25, 2011

    National parks are one of the most popular programs of the federal government. Yet the National Park Service is also an increasing burden on taxpayers. Appropriations to the agency have doubled since 1991, and even after adjusting for inflation they have grown by a third. What have taxpayers received for this money? One of the […]

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