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What to Watch
Idaho House approves an historic private school choice program. | Number of the Week
Indiana citizens push the state to reconsider buying into Common Core. | Quote of the Week
How can public policy better support students' best interests? | Don't Miss
New Heritage research shows the cost of education could be billions more than the government estimates. | |
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$123,000 Department of Education Salary in the Time of Sequester
By Lindsey Burke
What pain has sequester wrought at the federal Department of Education? Apparently, not much.
The 4,200-person agency has just hired a new “executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.” Fox News reports that the position apparently commands a six-figure salary, as the new director—a former aide to Representative Charlie Rangel (D–NY)—will receive a starting salary of $123,758. President Obama signed an executive order to form the new White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans last July. The director will be “asked to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African-American student achievement from cradle to career.”
Improving academic outcomes for students won’t be accomplished by new federal initiatives or programs. History has proven as much over the past four-and-a-half decades.
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Watch |  | Idaho House Approves Private School Choice Program
In an historic move, the Idaho House of Representatives approved a tax-credit scholarship program to give private school choice to low- and middle-income students. | |
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Number of the Week
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organizations and 856 individuals in Indiana have signed a letter to the governor requesting that Common Core education standards be reconsidered.
Federal overreach, high implementation costs and mediocre quality have raised concerns surrounding the standards.
See In Indiana, 55 Organizations, 856 People Sign Letter Supporting Common Core Withdrawal
| | | Quote of the Week |  | “This is all about parents being able to make the best choice for kids….Public policy should support the best interests of parents and children, and it’s logical parents should have a choice where their children attend school.”
-Bishop David Ricken Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
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Don’t Miss
New Heritage Research: Total Cost of Education Could be Billions Higher than Government Estimates
“The federal government dramatically underestimates teacher pension costs in its official education spending figures,” writes Heritage Foundation’s Jason Richwine. “Correcting this accounting problem could add tens of billions of dollars—somewhere around $1,000 per pupil—to official education spending estimates.” |  | |
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