Jay Greene has published a long and weirdly incoherent response to this post on DC vouchers. Most of it I’m happy to let stand, but this (you have to run it through a negative de-sarcasticizer to find the meaning) deserves comment:
…vouchers aren’t really accountable because even though they were democratically created, subject to oversight and [...]
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Jay Greene’s Long Strange Voucher Trip
Why DC Vouchers Don’t Matter
President Obama wants to appropriate enough money to keep the DC voucher program going for the children currently enrolled. Good–this is the only ethical position to take. I know some Democrats in Congress wish the program had never been implemented, but that’s the price of losing elections. Dragging low-income and minority students out of their [...]
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.