The Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) made news when it released a new report on charter schools in Minnesota. (The June 2008 report, simply titled “Charter Schools,” is available at www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/.) The finding that got pundits and journalists talking is the conclusion that students in charter schools “generally did not perform as well on [...]
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Archives for June, 2008
The problem with progressives
This commentary orginally appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press comments welcome there Credit where credit is due: The symposium on ‘Minnesota’s Progressive Republican Tradition’ that progressive think tank Growth & Justice has scheduled during the Republican National Convention is pretty good PR. Pushing progressivism is what Growth & Justice is all about, and what [...]
The problem with progressives: Government’s legitimacy is grounded in restraint
This commentary originally appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press Friday, June 27. Comments welcome there. I am quite pleased to see how quickly Growth & Justice president Dane Smith responded (“In the mainstream – legitimately,” June 25) to my June 20 column (“The problem with progressives”) in which I asserted my mistrust of progressive [...]
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