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  • Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom

    Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom0

    My eight-year-old daughter Abby recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was prompted, in part, by watching the Little House on the Prairie television episodes with her great-aunt. Coincidentally, I have been reading more lately about some of the key women in history who promoted the ideals of

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  • Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy

    Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy0

    “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury One way to get people to stop reading books is to fail to teach them to read proficiently. Permit me to digress from that idea for a moment. Recently a correspondent sent me a link to

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  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly From Our Nation’s Report Card

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly From Our Nation’s Report Card0

    Every couple years, the U.S. Department of Education evaluates how well American education serves its students. The Department uses a test known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – often dubbed the “Nation’s Report Card.” This year’s report, which was released late last month, evaluates fourth and eighth grade students’ proficiency in reading and math. The test

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