How powerful are the federal government’s 82 applications “to increase teachers good quality”?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703749504576172942399165436.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories … 82 federal programs to improve teacher quality … Should we have even a SINGLE one such program? Despite the creation of the Federal Department of Education, despite per-pupil costs of educating climbing 4 times over 4 decades (that’s inflation-adjusted, the nominal increase is 25-fold http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=66 ), our public schools remain BOTH bad overall [...]

