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Sherman Dorn
Constitutional questions on SB 6
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 15, about a substantially different version of Senate Bill 6; the obvious constitutional problems were removed by an amendment late in the week. For my thoughts about the version that passed the senate on March 24, see my entry describing it as overreaching. While the […]
What the iPad will and will not be
Last time I wrote about electronic readers, it was before the announcement of the Messiah Tablet iPad. Well, it’s Pi Day, and whether or not the circle has been squared, for the first time in my life I’ve given money to a Steve Jobs company for hardware. As I noted in January, I hate reading PDFs […]
Petrilli nails ESEA reauthorization proposal
After finishing the last entry, I realized I should write something about Friday’s USDOE proposal on ESEA reauthorization. But procrastination is sometimes a serendipitous thing, thanks to the Fordham blog: Mike Petrilli’s analysis is correct, at least on first approximation. A narrative framework is not statutory language, Duncan’s proposal isn’t George Miller’s, and other Beelzebubs squatting in […]
Health care reform: how to save lives and money and maybe defuse debates about teaching
Another reason for the House to pass the Senate’s health-care bill and both houses to pass a tweak through reconciliation: it would expand existing comparative-effectiveness studies. Currently, massive advertising by pharmaceutics is feeding Americans’ existing tendency to ask for huge amounts of wasteful spending on imaging/testing, drugs, and surgery. While NPR has highlighted the cooptation […]
Health care and financial-aid reform as a package
Wednesday’s rumor has turned into Friday’s semi-confirmation: Democratic leaders in Congress are looking very seriously at packaging together the changes to the Senate health-care bill with the Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act (SAFRA) through budget reconciliation. SAFRA would end federal subsidies for bankers that initiate loans for college students and return an estimated $67 […]