How “Waiving” NCLB Reinforced Federal Control

Posted by on August 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

WE HATE TO SAY WE TOLD YOU SO, BUT WE DID In September 2011, a week after President Obama announced that states could apply for waivers from some No Child Left Behind provisions, we warned against accepting the notion that getting these waivers would return any real power over education back to the states. We […]

Category: Commentary, Education, Independence from DC · Tags: ,

Common Core in South Carolina: FAQs

Posted by on July 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

 WHAT IS IT? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? Over the past several weeks, a great deal of controversy and discussions have arisen on the topic of Common Core Curriculum. We asked our policy analysts to explain exactly what the program is, whether South Carolina has opted in to […]

Category: Commentary, Education, Independence from DC, Self Governance · Tags: , ,