Bold constitutional proposals
In our state, we have an interesting mechanism for constitutional amendments, in addition to legislative action placing a proposal on the ballot or citizen petitions. There is also a rotating set of commissions. Ten years ago, a general constitutional revision commission placed several proposals on the ballot. This year another commission is looking at taxation […]
Spellings kowtows to creationists
According to the Miami Herald’s political blog, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was chicken on science today. In Florida’s capital to boost NCLB (and Florida’s high-stakes accountability system), the blog reported that Spellings won’t speak the “e” word: …when asked whether the nation’s top education official has a position on whether evolution should be a […]
Sixth anniversary present for NCLB
So the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived the 2005 “unfunded mandate” NCLB lawsuit, and here is where things get interesting, because the original complaint is an interesting argument about statutory limits to the power of the purse, tied specifically to NCLB language that lifted mandates that were not paid for. Given the language […]
Ted Kennedy and frames: 51 to go
Last Thursday, I recklessly created a set of predictions for major 2008 education stories and in the top item (on NCLB) wrote, If I were a senior member of an education committee, I’d work throughout the year to establish some consensus that would hold at least reasonably well no matter what the results of the […]
Public service academy debate
Wednesday, the American Enterprise Institute is holding a debate/roundtable about the need for a public service academy. If you live in DC and want an entertaining discussion, go register today.