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Michael Zwaagstra: When It Comes to Education, Government Bureaucrats Don’t Always Know Best

January 20, 2023
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Commentary Suppose you were learning how to drive for the first time and you had a choice between two instructors. One of them, a government employee, has a success rate of 26 percent while the other, a private contractor, has a 90 percent success rate. Which instructor would you hire? The choice is obvious. However,…

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The Untold Truth of California’s New Math Curriculum | Williamson Evers

February 23, 2022
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In California, less than 40 percent of our students are proficient in math. To fix this, our state leaders have proposed a new math curriculum. My guest today is Dr. Williamson Evers, Director of the Center on Educational Excellence at Independent Institute. Today he will explain why the changes to the curriculum have become controversial…

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All Teachers Should Know How to Do Basic Math

December 22, 2021
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Commentary Math is timeless and it is useful. No matter what historical period, students were invariably learning about topics such as adding and subtracting, fractions, the order of operations, long division, and place value. There is no question that math skills are important for everyone. Whether you need to make change in the store or…

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