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...laboratory for quantitative educational research.“I think something like this is very badly needed, and I think Roland Fryer will be a terrific leader for such an enterprise,” Peterson said. “It could make Harvard a leader in education reform.”Peterson said he hoped EdLabs researchers will conduct randomized field trials—similar to medical research—that will “generate knowledge that is more solidly based than the kind of knowledge we have in education today.”Currently, educational research receives much...
...Answer: "Nobody understands fire better than America's brave firefighters, which is why I'm so proud to say that the heroes who make up the National Firefighters Association took one look at my 11-point plan for comprehensive national health-care reform and strongly endorsed me as the only candidate in this race who is standing up for working, middle-class families who need health care now." Also, always keep talking until the moderator is forced to stop you with a foghorn blast or by reaching for an elephant gun under the desk. Airtime is gold...
...word gams. It's probably a good idea to strip him of his beloved 4-lb. cuff links before he launches into any working-class-hero stuff as well. Palin should leave the overcooked hockey metaphors in the penalty box, lest we hear some clunker about the "puck" of reform smashing through the good-ol'-boy goalies of D.C.'s terrible status quo. And both will need to avoid the unintended subtext blunder (see "pig, lipstick...
...Needs a Government You Can Trust." Galston and Kamarck believe the next wave of activism is going to have to be different from government past - precise, streamlined and accountable. In order to build credibility with a severely skeptical public, it will have to be accompanied by a major government reform effort...
...Both John McCain and Barack Obama have promised reform if they are elected. Both have promised to reregulate the markets (although McCain has always been a vehement deregulator). Both have promised to scrub the Federal Government for waste, fraud and abuse - a perennial pledge, but one that will actually need to be met if either man hopes to have the credibility to propose any new government spending. Obama wants to spend more than McCain, so he has to work harder to prove his reform chops. Indeed, Obama has tacitly acknowledged the prevailing skepticism by building accountability into some...