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<title><![CDATA[Vince Bielski - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/42033.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Vince Bielski]]></description><category domain="42033">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Will Democrats Reject Free Money for Schools?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/17/democratic_governors_wrestle_with_free_money_for_schools_1206603.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A potentially sweeping reform to K-12 education beginning in January is forcing Democratic governors to weigh the political risks of joining or rejecting the new federal school choice program designed by conservatives.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Elite University's Effort To Bring Conservatives to Campus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/07/15/inside_elite_universitys_campaign_to_bring_conservatives_to_campus_1194546.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Johns Hopkins University wanted to signal its seriousness about creating an alternative to the left-leaning orthodoxy that permeates higher education, it couldn't have done better than the re]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Physics of Politics With Adrian Bejan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/video/2026/06/29/the_physics_of_politics_with_adrian_bejan_1191397.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, J. Peder Zane speaks with Duke Professor Adrian Bejan about his new book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Diversity through Freedom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and the physics of politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ivory Tower Rumble: Florida Politicians vs. Professors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/05/19/ivory_tower_rumble_florida_politicians_battle_professors_in_high-stakes_match_1183525.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Universities across the country are facing unprecedented government scrutiny of everything from the rise of antisemitism to the lack of viewpoint diversity in the left-leaning social sciences. Nowhere]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/03/10/will_johnny_ever_learn_to_read_pushback_against_science_of_reading_mandates_1169493.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Half a century after the book]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Fight Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/01/15/to_combat_academic_fraud_scholars_confront_hallowed_tradition_1158865.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The driving ethos of academia, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'publish or perish,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' is fighting for its life. The requirement that scholars constantly publish or face academic ruin has been considered the primary engine of scientific discovery for decades. But a growing movement of universities and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Avalanche of Academic Papers Threatens Scientific Research]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/11/19/how_the_avalanche_of_academic_papers_threatens_scientific_research_1148282.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the third part of a series on academic publishing. Read part one here and part two here.For many years, the prestigious journal Philosophy &amp; Public Affairs published about]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud in U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/10/08/paper_chase_a_global_industry_fuels_scientific_fraud_in_the_us_1139567.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In southern India, a new enterprise called Peer Publicon Consultancy offers a full suite of services to scientific researchers. It will not only write a scholarly paper for a fee but also guarantee pu]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fraud Hunters: Sniffing Out Bogus Science]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/08/13/fraud_hunters_sniffing_out_bogus_science_1128482.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Molecular biologist Mike Rossner, who has committed his life to following the science, now finds himself playing an unexpected if urgent role - exposing the fraud of his fellow scientists.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Choice Tax Breaks: GOP's Federal Plan To Transform Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/02/choice_tax_breaks_the_gops_federal_plan_to_transform_education_1120072.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Buried in the 940-page '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'big, beautiful'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved, will be a long-sought victory for the private school choice movement in its drive to expand and break into Democratic states that for decades have blocked its path.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MA Schools May Risk Top Ranking To Lift Struggling Students]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/06/19/educated_bet_massachusetts_schools_may_risk_top_ranking_to_lift_struggling_students_1117528.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A high-stakes battle over the future of education is playing out in the state that has long had the best public schools in the nation - Massachusetts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Thing Folks Like About South: Public Education's Revival]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/04/22/another_thing_folks_like_about_the_south_public_educations_revival_1105099.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsApril 22, 2025GEO Prep Mid-City Academy, located in one of the poorest sections of Louisiana, did something almost unheard of in public education - it w]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Upstart 'Classic Learning Test' Gets Testy Welcome From the SAT]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/12/the_upstart_classic_learning_test_gets_a_testy_welcome_from_the_sat_1096647.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lobbyist for the College Board delivered a sharp warning to William Slater last month. She was not happy that the Tennessee Republican lawmaker had recently introduced a bill to allow the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s public universities to accept the Classic Learning Test, an upstart competitor to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Showdown in Chicago: Teachers' Union vs City]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/02/05/chicagos_out_of_sync_with_all_that_lefty_teacher_union_jazz_-_and_on_the_brink_1089133.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After nasty clashes involving character assassinations and a mass resignation, a showdown is drawing closer in Chicago between the most powerful local teachers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' union in the country and the most financially distressed school district.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[School Choice Takes Its Fight From Red, Right to Blue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/01/02/on_the_march_school_choice_takes_its_fight_from_red_right_to_blue_1080244.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Private school choice advocates expect that 2025 will be the year that they finally bring the last big red state, Texas, into the fold. The likely victory would, in turn, pose the next big challenge f]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schoolhouse Limbo: How Low Will They Go To 'Better' Grades?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/11/12/schoolhouse_limbo_how_low_will_educators_go_to_better_grades_1070484.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maryland's new education chief, Carey Wright, an old-school champion of rigorous standards, is pushing back against efforts in other states to boost test scores by essentially lowering their exp]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Education's Bottom Line: Schools Embrace Business Principles]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/09/30/educations_bottom_line_schools_embrace_business_principles_to_measure_performance_1060437.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most public schools struggle to recover the profound learning loss tied to the pandemic, students in Colorado's Boulder Valley]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vo-Tech Ed Is Taking Off, and It's Not Just Shop Class Anymore]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/08/22/vo-tech_education_is_taking_off_and_its_not_your_dads_shop_class_anymore_1052992.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jon Graft is on a mission to reignite the passion for learning by pushing a long-denigrated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' classroom practice: vocational education.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4-Day School Week: New Trend Despite Poor Results]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/07/16/the_4-day_school_week_its_a_trend_across_america__despite_questionable_results_1044894.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next month, the Huntsville School District in Arkansas will join the wave of public schools switching to a four-day week.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can a Return to Traditional Discipline Save Schools?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/06/10/no_excuses_can_a_return_to_traditional_discipline_save_public_schools_1036936.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsJune 10, 2024COLUMBUS, Ohio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'On a bright morning in May at the Columbus Collegiate Academy Main, orderliness is on display. Students in khakis and blue t]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Grading for Equity' Is Hurting School Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/04/24/grading_for_equity_promoting_students_with_no_zeroes_and_no_class_cut-ups_left_behind_1026319.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Feldman has faced many tough crowds in the course of successfully selling his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Grading for Equity'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' program to school districts across the nation. During the consultant'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presentations, teachers concerned that his approach lowers standards have rolled their eyes,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Classical Learning and Public Ed's Schoolyard Rumble]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/03/07/when_classical_schooling_meets_public_education_the_dialog_isnt_always_socratic_1015923.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The future of the controversial classical education movement will be showcased later this month when Columbia University senior lecturer Roosevelt Mont'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s is scheduled to deliver a keynote addre]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Education's Alarming New 4th 'R': Reversal of Learning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/01/23/public_educations_alarming_new_4th_r_reversal_of_learning_1006226.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call it the big reset - downward - in public education.The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic was met with a significant drop in grading and graduation standards]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Night of the Living Ed: Zombie Public Schools Haunt the Land]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/11/28/night_of_the_living_ed_zombie_public_schools_drained_of_pandemic_lifeblood_haunt_the_land_993686.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'zombie'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' schools. A significant but unknown number of public schools across the U.S., particularly in big cities, have lost so many students in the last half-decade that many of their classrooms sit empty. Gone is the loud clatter of students bursting through crowded...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cities &amp; Teacher Unions Throw Up Obstacles to Charter Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/10/11/as_families_take_to_charter_schools_cities_and_their_teacher_unions_throw_up_obstacles_984040.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A vote by the Los Angeles board of education vote last month to ban charter schools from sharing space at 300 district campuses is the latest big-city attack against alternatives to struggling traditional public schools.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservative Christian Education Born Again Post-Pandemic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/08/17/after_years_in_the_wilderness_conservative_christian_education_is_being_born_again_post-pandemic_973263.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Arcadia Christian Academy, which opened in Arizona on Aug. 8, is one of dozens of Christian micro-schools popping up across the country, offering a hybrid'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in-class and at-home'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' education to keep costs down and the odds of survival up in an increasingly competitive K-12 sector....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Suddenly, School Choice: Its Rapid Post-Pandemic Expansion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/06/22/suddenly_school_choice_its_rapid_post-pandemic_expansion_sets_up_a_big_passfail_test_for_education_941979.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After public schools' pandemic failures, eight states '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' including Arizona, Florida, and Indiana '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' are committing tax funds for educational alternatives for most any student, including those already in private schools and from wealthy families.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New! Advanced Education! Compare With Brand 'Equity'!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/04/26/new_improved_advanced_education_compare_with_brand_equity_895382.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nico'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s prospects were already looking dicey in the second grade. Raised by his Latina grandmother in a Spanish-speaking home, he was a witty boy whose clowning got him branded as a troublemaker in an Arizona public school outside Phoenix.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One-Size-Fits-All Ed: Works Poorly, But Diversity Requires More]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/02/23/one-size-fits-all_education_doesnt_work_very_well_and_diversity_advocates_are_hitting_the_accelerator_882844.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a world of difference in the abilities of elementary school students in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trotwood-Madison City School District, outside Dayton, Ohio.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Some low-performing fifth graders are only capable of reading first-grade picture books with basic words like dog and cat, says Angie...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Families of High-Achievers in School Head for the Exits]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/01/04/with_schools_ditching_merit_for_diversity_families_of_high_achievers_say_were_out_of_here_872909.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Vince Bielski</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alex Shilkrut has deep roots in Manhattan, where he has lived for 16 years, works as a physician, and sends his daughter to a public elementary school for gifted students in coveted District 2.]]></description>
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