The replacement of standardized tests with internal assessments represents a retreat from accountability by the public school system, and helps nobody, including teachers.
Year: 2000
*Profits Or People: A Bogus Dilemma
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*Debating California Electricity Deregulation
California’s deregulated power industry, in which producers can sell electricity for whatever the traffic will bear, was supposed to deliver cheaper, cleaner power.
*Delivering the NHS Plan
Tony Blair’s new plan for reforming Britain’s National Health Service includes features of the Stockholm model including payment of facilities by results, the purchaser/provider split where both private and public suppliers compete to provide services as well as more consumer information.
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