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Friday, March 28, 2014

3-28-14 The Answer Sheet

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The Koch brothers’ influence on college campus is spreading
There’s been a flurry of recent stories (here, here and here, for example) about the role the billionaire Koch brothers are playing in politics by backing conservative political candidates through a number of organizations that they fund. My Post colleague Matea Gold wrote in this story: The political network spearheaded by conservative billionaires Charles and […]    
Muriel Bowser’s muddled message about D.C. schools
We know what D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray would do with the city’s public education system if he wins reelection: more of the same. But now that new polls show that D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (Ward 4) is the most serious challenger to Gray in next week’s Democratic mayoral primary, the question is what she […]    
3-27-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: March Madness: Millions of kids being used as Common Core testing guinea pigsIf you think a bunch of college basketball teams facing off in a tournament is March Madness, consider this: Starting this week and going into June, more than 4 million students in 36 states and the District of Columbia are “field testing” (read it: being used as human guinea pigs) English and math stand