Time Says: National Standards, Is That The Answer To American Education?

How To Raise The Standard In American Schools

For Time Magazine: Walter Isaacson

April 15, 2009

National standards have long been the third rail of education politics. The right chokes on the word national, with its implication that the feds will trample on the states' traditional authority over public schools. And the left chokes on the word standards, with the intimations of assessments and testing that accompany it.

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Ten Outrageous Facts About The Income Tax

10 Outrageous Facts About the Income Tax
By Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards is director of fiscal policy studies at the Cato Institute.

This article appeared on cato.org on April 15, 2003.

As you struggle to prepare your taxes this year, you may take some comfort in knowing that your headache is being felt across the country. The following odd and outrageous facts show how widespread income tax problems are:

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