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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Rotherham - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/18444.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Rotherham]]></description><category domain="18444">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Loudoun County Situation Is Worse Than You Were Told]]></title>
							<link>http://www.eduwonk.com/2022/12/loudoun-county-situation-is-probably-worse-than-you-thought-certainly-worse-than-you-were-told.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past year and a half I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wrote a few posts on Loudoun County'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and how the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'narrative'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' about it was often at odds with the facts on the ground.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Lecture Trump Voters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2016-11-23/how-to-lecture-donald-trump-voters-on-thanksgiving</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, President Barack Obama's political team inaugurated an interesting holiday tradition when they advised Americans to talk about health care policy over Thanksgiving dinner. They were amateurs. After this year's election, with everyone hot to tell their relatives in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Court Could Gut Teachers' Unions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/07/02/how-the-supreme-court-could-doom-teachers-unions</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By this time next year, everyone in the education world cheering the Supreme Court's progressivism on health care and gay marriage may be singing a different '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and sadder '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' tune.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop the Standardized Testing Circus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/05/21/stop-the-standardized-testing-circus?int=a78d09&amp;int=ace609</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was like I was living an anti-testing blog post. My daughters were stressed and anxious about the upcoming state test. But here's the thing: They were first graders at the time, so they didn't even have to take the test for two more years. We live in a state where the elementary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Opting Out&quot; Into School Choice]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/04/07/whats-next-for-the-opt-out-of-common-core-movement-school-choice</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s in this spring in public education? Apparently it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s students opting out of state standardized tests.If you just read hysterical press accounts you might think parents are refusing state standardized tests at a fantastic clip. In fact, for the overwhelming majority of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Nationwide Ad Haters Are Wrong]]></title>
							<link>http://www.eduwonk.com/2015/02/why-the-nationwide-super-bowl-ad-haters-are-wrong.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During last night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Super Bowl Nationwide Insurance ran an ad as part of its #makesafehappen campaign. It definitely was not puppies and horses. Instead, Nationwide portrayed all the life events a child killed in a childhood accident would miss. Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the ad:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Introducing RealClearEducation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2014/03/10/note_from_the_executive_editor_of_realcleareducation_893.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The education debate is loud, strident, and often confusing as a result. Yet every day there are important news stories and thoughtful analyses and commentaries produced by major media outlets, niche and trade publications, and educators and analysts. The challenge is finding this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Matt Damon's Peculiar School Choice]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/09/matt-damon-hypocrite-on-public-school-education/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oscar winner Matt Damon has earned millions successfully playing a super spy, tortured genius, rugby icon, and poker player. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Yet a new role is turning out to be a challenge for the actor and activist: Parent forced to square his public stands about other people'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s children with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll Finds Teacher Satisfaction, but Reports Skew Results]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/25/poll_finds_teacher_satisfaction_but_reports_skew_results_117148.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' At last, some good education news. A new survey of public school teachers in the United States finds that 82 percent pronounce themselves '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'somewhat satisfied'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'very satisfied'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' with their jobs. Just 17 percent say they are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'somewhat dissatisfied'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sportsman's View: An Alternative to the NRA]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/12/19/viewpointwe-need-a-moderate-pro-gun-alternative-to-the-nra/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I used to live in the country and go to a gun club for the skeet and trap shooting. I went there on Sundays because that was the only day the club was open to non-members. Like many shooting clubs, this one would only grant membership if I also joined the National Rifle Association. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush Wants to Talk About Education]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/12/07/viewpoint-jeb-bush-wants-to-talk-about-education/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week was my first time at Jebfest. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s how some insiders have started referring to the annual education-reform summit Jeb Bush organizes. For five years now, Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Foundation for Excellence in Education has been gathering current and former governors, superintendents...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Election Has Compromised Education Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/11/08/viewpoint-the-election-has-compromised-education-reform/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Won't Back Down&quot;: Why This Movie Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/28/wont-back-down-the-education-movie-that-matters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the journalist Mickey Kaus reviewed cars, he would sometimes ask if they passed the '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Saturday night test'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';'meaning regardless of how well they drove, would he want to pick a date up in one? After watching '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Won'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t Back Down'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a few times in screenings this year, I found myself...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Chicago Talks Must Be Made Public]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/10/chicago-teachers-strike-why-negotiations-must-be-open-to-the-public/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: when Maggie Gyllenhaal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new feature film, Won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Back Down, hits theaters later this month, its plot hinges on the forcing of school officials to make big decisions in front of parents rather than behind closed doors. The film is fictional, but raging against...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind Isn't the Problem. We Are]]></title>
							<link>http://www.eduwonk.com/2012/07/no-child-left-behind-the-problem-is-not-the-policy-its-us.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone not chattering about the job numbers is chattering about this morning'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s New York Times article on No Child Left Behind and the waivers that are increasingly freeing states from its requirements.  In general some waivers were necessary '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('–').';' and some were issued during the Bush...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Unions' Biggest Loss Was in California]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/06/06/forget-wisconsin-the-unions-biggest-loss-was-in-california/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bad news for teachers and other public-sector employees: America is more than ready to cut your pensions and benefits. While most politicos had been focusing this week on the Wisconsin recall, an election 2,100 miles away in San Jose, Calif., may be a bigger harbinger of the kind of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Wisconsin Recall Sets a Bad Precedent]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/01/why_the_wisconsin_recall_sets_a_bad_precedent_114346.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin decide whether to recall their governor -- Republican Scott Walker. A successful recall petition earlier this year gives them a choice between the incumbent and Democrat Tom Barrett, a former congressman, Wisconsin state legislator, and the current mayor...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Wades Into the Education Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.eduwonk.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-wades-into-the-education-debate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The long rumored Mitt Romney education doomsday weapon was revealed today.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  And it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s basically President George W. Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s education policy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but without the accountability.Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s take the major parts quickly.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  The emphasis on school choice is politically smart but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[George W. Bush: Let's Not Weaken NCLB]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/12/lets-not-weaken-it-an-exclusive-interview-with-george-w-bush-on-nclb/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind turned 10 this week, and former President George W. Bush, who led the effort to enact the landmark federal education law, marked the anniversary with an exclusive interview with TIME education columnist Andrew J. Rotherham. Bush discussed the law and its legacy,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Go Occupy the Teachers' Union Headquarters]]></title>
							<link>http://ideas.time.com/2011/11/17/forget-wall-street-go-occupy-your-local-school-district/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy to get angry at banks and CEOs, especially as more Americans slip below the poverty line while the rich keep getting richer. But if the goal of Occupy Wall Street is improving social mobility in this country, then the movement really needs to focus as much on educational...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Grading the GOP Candidates on Education]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/topic/in_the_news/education_special_report/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given how preoccupied everyone is with the economy, education is even less of an issue in this presidential campaign than usual. Most of the Republican candidates do not even include education positions on their websites. And the two GOP heavyweights who have garnered the best reviews...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Duncan Can't Explain Why He's Dissing Texas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2089503,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is Arne Duncan messing with Texas? I asked the Secretary of Education about this a few hours after he injected himself into the presidential-election scrum. Policy wonks like me had woken up to baffling reports that Duncan told Bloomberg Television's Al Hunt that the Texas school...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Getting the Free Press to Teach Civics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2081800,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week we celebrate the sacrifices, risks, and achievements our  founding fathers undertook so that we could skip work, drink beer, and  set off fireworks. Actually, we don't dishonor their memory by the way  we spend the Fourth of July. We dishonor them all year long because of  the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[School Reform: Transparency Isn't Enough]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/05/14/in-politics-of-school-reform-transparency-doesnt-equal-accountability.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Rotherham</author>
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