Joy Pullmann

Joy Pullmann

Joy Pullmann (jpullmann@heartland.org) is a research fellow of The Heartland Institute and managing... (read full bio)

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Citing Chicago Strike, Illinois Lawmakers Propose Statewide School Choice

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September 14, 2012

Citing the abysmal quality of Chicago’s public schools and the September teacher strike there, four Illinois legislators announced their support for legislation to remove the state’s cap on charter
350,000 Chicago Students Out of School for Teachers Strike

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September 10, 2012

Chicago Public Schools’ 350,000 students lost instruction in the second week of school as teachers went on strike for the first time in 25 years.
Daily Top Ten School Reform News Roundup, Sept. 3 to 7

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September 07, 2012

Friday's news roundup:
Report: Student Test Data Predicts Teacher Quality

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September 05, 2012

Statistical analyses of student scores can accurately rate teachers’ effectiveness in instruction, according to a new report published by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Daily Top Ten School Reform News Roundup, Aug. 27 to 31

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August 31, 2012

Friday's top ten:
Another $33 Million from Taxpayers Spent to Push Global Warming on Kids

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August 30, 2012

The National Science Foundation has awarded $33 million over the next five years to six organizations that promise to promote worries about climate change in schools and communities.
Daily Top Ten School Reform News Roundup, Aug. 20 to 24

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August 24, 2012
Top Ten Daily Education News Stories, August 13 to 17

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August 17, 2012

Friday's Top Ten:
Poll Examines How Americans Would Cut Education Spending

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August 11, 2012

When state and local education budgets need cutting, Americans favor firing administrators, freezing salaries, basing layoffs on performance instead of seniority, increasing the number of students
Daily School Reform News Roundup, August 6 to 10

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August 10, 2012

An auditor's report finds no widespread test cheating in Washington,
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 30 to August 3

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August 02, 2012

A Nevada lawmaker plans to propose a vouchers bill soon.
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 23 to 27

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July 27, 2012

Watch the trailer to the Parent Trigger movie, "Won't Back Down."
Classical Charter School Startups Aim to Serve Poor, Revive Culture

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July 21, 2012

On his office wall, Phil Kilgore has pasted “100 different stickies” to a United States map. Each marks where a group of people want to open a “classical” charter school.
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 16 to 20

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July 20, 2012

A House panel approved a bill that would axe President Obama's signature educat
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 9 to 13

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July 13, 2012

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IRS Hears Charter School Concerns on Pension Rule Change

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July 12, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service held a hearing Monday on a proposed pension rule change that could kick approximately 90,000 charter school teachers out of state pensions.
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 2 to 6

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July 06, 2012

Now that more than half the states have received waivers of No
Schools Spy on Suspected Out-of-District Kids

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July 02, 2012

A little-known but common practice among school districts has them hiring investigators to follow kids home, snap pictures and video, trace parents’ license plates, and follow their cars around in
Daily School Reform News Roundup, June 25 to 29

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June 29, 2012

Rick Hess discusses the education policy implications of yesterday's
New School Choice Programs Now Law in Virginia, New Hampshire

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June 28, 2012

Virginia and New Hampshire passed into law Wednesday statewide school choice programs funded by businesses' tax-deductible contributions to nonprofits that in turn pay students' private school tuit

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