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You deride a centrist Republican and veteran for his rejection of your outlandish brand of conservatism but in the same breath you trivialize and mock the heroes who bravely fought against the tide of Nazism, something the “true conservative” you seek would never do. Of...
But in an era when states are testing all students annually, there's a new, less subjective window onto how well a teacher does her job. As early as 1982, University of Tennessee statistician Sanders seized on the idea of using student test data to assess teacher performance. Working with...
Sanders' method is costly and complicated, however. Under steady pressure from NCLB to raise test scores, some districts have looked for quicker, easier ways to identify and reward teachers who boost achievement. In some cases, they have made the call largely on the basis of a single year's test...
The proposal has alarmed civil rights campaigners who say the fingerprinting initiative is an invasion of personal privacy, and part of growing trend to identify and track people in the name of national security and immigration control.
Even police groups have raised concerns about the proposal, saying it could grate against concerns over privacy. "Fingerprints are a very good means to identify people, but the question is who will have access and for what purpose," says Jan Velleman, a spokesman for the European Confederation of Police. "Where...