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By: Obama Losing Balance on D.C. Voucher Tightrope « Schools for Tomorrow

Obama Losing Balance on D.C. Voucher Tightrope « Schools for Tomorrow — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:02:08 +0000

[...] since, it’s been clear Obama and Arne Duncan have wanted the voucher issue to go away — obscuring the release and downplaying the positive results in a recent study — but I believe it’s a lot less [...]

By: Pajamas Media » More D.C. Voucher Shenanigans

Pajamas Media » More D.C. Voucher Shenanigans — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:03:15 +0000

[...] The original scandal was that the department kept secret vital information showing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program improves academic outcomes while Congress took a crucial vote on its future. When the department finally had to release the good news about vouchers, it tried to bury the facts under spin and obfuscation. And when that failed to keep the story out of the papers, it accused the Wall Street Journal of lying about how it withheld vital information from Congress. But an investigation quickly proved that it wasn’t the Journal who was lying. [...]

By: Ed is Watching » More Clarity Doesn’t Give Arne Duncan Free Pass on Voucher Study Release

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:57 +0000

[...] it seems clear that extreme case isn’t true, Jay Greene also rightly observes that other unsettling issues remain: Why did Duncan suppress the positive results in a Friday afternoon release with no publicity and a [...]