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Biography: Nancy Salvato is the President of The Basics Project, (www.Basicsproject.org) a non-profit, non-partisan research and educational project whose mission is to promote the education of the American public on the basic elements of relevant political, legal and social issues important to our country. She is an experienced educator and an independent contractor with Prism Educational Consulting. She serves as Educational Liaison for Illinois Senator Carole Pankau. She works nationally and locally furthering the cause of Education Reform. Her writing is widely published on the internet and occasionally in print venues such as the Washington Times. Her opinions have been heard on select radio programs across the nation. Additionally, her writing has been recognized by the US Secretary of Education. She is also a Staff Writer, for the New Media Alliance, Inc.
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Nancy Salvato Archives
2008-07-15 Academic Freedom
2008-06-16 Direct Election v. Electoral College
2008-05-07 A More Perfect Union Rests on a Balance of Ideas
2008-04-22 Promoting Alternative Energy for the Right Reasons
2008-03-18 Shackling the Individual by Imposing Racist Pride
2008-01-04 ' What Does the Progressive Left Stand For?'
2007-12-31 Beware of [Greeks] Chinese Bearing Gifts
2007-12-20 Slow Down and Savor the Moments
2007-12-10 'What If the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Was Relative?'
2007-12-03 In Defense of Freedom
2007-11-30 Someone Is Telling the Truth but No One Is Listening
2007-10-08 "E Pluribus Unum"
2007-10-02 Doctor Shortage, the Next Pandemic
2007-09-25 Bare Necessities: Hard to Attain for a College Graduate
2007-09-17 Please Stop the Aid
2007-09-10 In the Midst of a Second American Revolution
2007-08-06 'Ignorance Is Bliss, Or Is It?'
2007-07-31 Harry Potter's Lesson in Mudslinging
2007-07-16 Three Good Reasons to Become a Teacher: June, July & August
2007-07-02 A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing
2007-06-25 Technophobia Serves the Status Quo
2007-06-17 A World Without Habeas Corpus
2007-06-12 Riding the Train
2007-05-27 Contemplating the Gift of Freedom
2007-05-01 It is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
2007-03-23 So, I asked the Universe, "Universe, what I really want is..."
2007-03-13 We Can Agree on "The Big Five" in Reading Instruction
2007-03-04 Democratizing Education
2007-02-23 Teaching is an Art and a Science
2007-01-01 Disenfranchised: The Buzz in Education Reform
2006-11-26 3rd String but still on the team
2006-11-02 Healthy Bodies Equal Healthy Minds
2006-10-22 "R" Stands for Reading Rat Race
2006-10-16 Showing Students How Just Makes Sense
2006-10-05 Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Radical Islam
2006-09-24 Battling the Education Hydra
2006-09-18 Keith Ellison: Will his oath be to Shari'a or Constitutional law?
2006-09-06 Caving in the face of Union Politics
2006-08-28 And "W" takes the Series!
2006-08-20 Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices without Union Vices
2006-08-07 Undermining the Covenant between Mother and Child
2006-08-02 Why Kids Can't Read: Challenging the Status Quo in Education
2006-07-03 Equitable Education is Possible
2006-06-24 Reading Between the lines
2006-06-21 All the Shouting is taking us nowhere
2006-06-12 A Brief History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
2006-06-05 We the people
2006-05-27 The Arrogance of the not-my-fault generation
2006-05-22 Why Should We Tolerate Guest Workers?
2006-05-17 Are guns to blame for Murder-Suicides in Switzerland?
2006-05-07 Measuring Achievement Against Objectives
2006-04-30 The Customer is Always Right
2006-04-24 A Think Tank’s Credibility Tanks
2006-04-16 Current Issues of Immigration in America
2006-04-08 A Battle Cry for Freedom
2006-03-31 Love of Country
2006-03-27 Competition as an Effective Education Reform - Part 1
2006-03-25 Sticks and Stones can break my Bones
2006-03-20 Malcolm in the Wrong
2006-03-17 It’s Time to Revisit the Electoral College (Redux)
2006-03-13 Genocide has become Benign
2006-03-04 Will Political Correctness Indoctrinate our Youth?
2006-02-26 Teaching with Laptops
2006-02-19 The U.S. Supreme Court in History and Today
2006-02-13 Jeb and George Bush: True Education Reformers
2006-02-05 Is a Bilingual Society a School Mandate?
2006-01-29 Education’s Iron Curtain
2006-01-23 Developing an American College of Education
2006-01-22 Getting Beyond Polarization of Bilingual Methods
2006-01-20 The Federal role in Education
2006-01-20 “Heads” Bin Laden Wins, (Turning) Tails, Bush Loses
2006-01-19 Effective Reading Programs Share Common Characteristics
2006-01-16 Shifting the focus to Effective Instruction
2006-01-14 Stossel launches potent strike for Education Revolution
2006-01-13 Prime Time Lie
2006-01-08 Actions Speak Louder Than Words
2006-01-03 Defining Our Role in a Global Society
2005-12-22 Producing Good Citizens Trumps Ideological Short-Sightedness
2005-12-16 Arming Our Students with Knowledge
2005-12-10 Who is Accusing Whom of having an Agenda?
2005-12-02 A Conservative Teacher in a Blue State
2005-11-21 Get Real: The truth about high academic expectations
2005-11-02 Halloween and Javier: Illegal Immigrants are celebrated in Hollywood
2005-10-31 We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Dispelling the Myths about School Choice Once and for All
2005-10-22 Pin the Note on the Student
2005-10-12 The Building Blocks for Academic Success
2005-10-07 English fluency: The foundation of Success
2005-09-19 Decreasing the Readiness Gap between Preschoolers
2005-09-14 Dr. Caroline Hoxby and the Last Decade for Education Reform
2005-09-04 Bad Money after bad
2005-08-30 English Language Learners Left Behind
2005-08-21 The Shell Game of Publicly Funded Education
2005-08-16 Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, GW
2005-08-08 Educational Privateers Could Revolutionize Education
2005-08-07 The Original Intent behind Good Government
2005-08-02 I Don't Have to Give a Reason
2005-07-31 Next Year in Jerusalem
2005-07-27 Our Rites of Passage
2005-07-24 Terrorism Allows No Room for Negotiation
2005-07-08 9-11: We've Already Seen the Whites of their Eyes!
2005-05-24 Educational Reform Must Include Transparency And Competition
2005-05-18 Separating The Wheat From The Chafe In Education
2005-05-09 Follow The Money
2005-04-28 Stealing From The Middle Class To Give To The Poor
2005-04-19 Community Chest: Collect Tuition Tax Credit
2005-04-12 Tuition Tax Credits Prove Easier Sell
2005-04-05 School Reform Detractors Driven By Agendas
2005-04-04 America's Starvation Of Morality
2005-03-30 It Takes A 9th Circuit Court To Raise A Child
2005-03-28 Parental Choice Can Jumpstart Real Reform
2005-03-24 In Moral Relativism Who's Responsible?
2005-03-21 School Reform Update
2005-03-09 The Basics In Education Shouldn't Be Agenda Driven
2005-03-01 Gates' Education Action Plan Needs Momentum
2005-02-22 Glossary To Educational Choice, Part 5
2005-02-15 Glossary To Educational Choice, Part 4
2005-02-07 The Solvency Of Education
2005-02-01 Glossary To Educational Choice, Part 3
2005-01-24 Glossary To Educational Choice, Part 2
2005-01-18 Glossary To Educational Choice, Part 1
2005-01-10 The Ant And The Tsunami Victims: A Marxist Perspective
2005-01-10 Raging Against The Anti-NCLB Propaganda Machine
2005-01-03 Tsunami Victims Benefit Most From US Citizenry
2004-12-29 The Siren Song Of Judicial Activism
2004-12-20 Addressing The Propaganda Against School Choice
2004-12-06 Where Is The “Telephone Clause” In The Constitution?
2004-11-23 Education Visionaries Must Prevail
2004-11-21 Billions Wasted On Teacher Attrition
2004-11-16 The Legacy Of Rod Paige
2004-11-09 The Black Hole Of Public Education
2004-11-01 Are Chicago Public School Teachers Property?
2004-10-28 Sunrises And Sunsets Are Both Wondrous To Behold
2004-10-20 What If Education Operated Outside The Box?
2004-10-12 Too Many Cooks Running Our Schools
2004-10-08 NEA Pro-Dem But One Bush Photo Stirs The Partisan Pot
2004-10-01 Independent Schooling Soars Above The Public Excuse For Education
2004-09-20 Free Market Closed To Education
2004-09-14 NCLB Vs. The NEA: The Line In The Sand
2004-09-12 Kerry Fumbled, Bush Picked Up The Ball!
2004-09-07 Not For The Medals
2004-09-02 Laura Bush: Four More Years!
2004-08-29 There Should Be Taxes On The GOP Platform
2004-08-28 Screening Mothers And Babes Instead Of Potential Terrorists
2004-08-28 Back To School Blues
2004-08-16 The NEA Strikes Again!
2004-08-11 A Balance Of Rights
2004-08-06 The Reading Wars Continue
2004-07-29 Precedence Takes Precedence
2004-07-27 The Trojan Horse Of Political Correctness
2004-07-20 There’s No Need For The NEA In Stepford
2004-07-19 It’s Time To Revisit The Electoral College
2004-07-12 Are We Preaching To The Choir?
2004-07-07 Forcing Good Teachers To Fade To Black
2004-06-27 Moving On Up
2004-06-11 There’s No Good Reason They Can’t Be Expected To Learn
2004-06-09 You Can’t Have It Both Ways
2004-06-08 Treason And Slander In The Fifth Column
2004-06-07 “Not Bush” For President
2004-06-04 Kerry’s Game Remains The Same
2004-05-19 Liberalism Is Jousting With Windmills
2004-05-13 “Darling I Love You, But Give Me Park Avenue!”
2004-05-11 Education Opens Our Eyes to Enlightenment
2004-05-04 The Advantage Of Good Press
2004-04-30 Failures Of Appeasement
2004-04-26 Treating The Health Care Dilemma
2004-04-23 America’s Passion: If Called To Duty
2004-04-13 Radical Islam And Moral Relativism Make Strange Bedfellows
2004-04-09 Student Apathy Will Be Our Demise
2004-04-04 Responsibility Reaps Its Rewards
2004-03-29 Early Literacy Instruction Leaves No Child Behind!
2004-03-24 Teacher Burnout Takes On A Whole New Meaning
2004-03-14 Judicial Activism Undermines The Integrity Of The Constitution (Part 2)
2004-03-12 Judicial Activism Undermines The Integrity Of The Constitution (Part 1)
2004-03-11 How Secular Is “New Age” Education?
2004-03-01 Testimony To “The Passion Of The Christ”
2004-02-26 East Is East And West Is West And Never The Twain Shall Meet
2004-02-13 Blagojevich Reinvents The Wheel
2004-02-10 Vouchers: I Get It Now
2004-02-09 The Desensitization Of Character
2004-02-03 President Bush Shoots Arrows At Marriage
2004-01-28 Further Left Than Multiculturalism?
2004-01-27 Inclusion: A Broken Promise?
2004-01-23 Abortion: The Chicken Or The Egg?
2004-01-15 Our Legal System Hides From Bullies
2004-01-13 Renewed Civic Vision
2004-01-08 Issues Needing Attention In Social Studies
2004-01-05 In The Aftermath Of September 11th Some Of Us Are Still Moved
2003-12-26 Enlightened Citizens: A Dying Breed
2003-12-20 Replacing Respecting The Teacher With Disrespecting The Student?
2003-12-17 Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead
2003-12-16 The NEA: What Is Their True Mission?
2003-12-08 Encroachments & Oppressions By The Representative Body
2003-12-01 Celebrate Civic Pride Not French Obstructionism
2003-11-14 Civic Education Is Missing In The U.S. Diet
2003-11-06 Without Parental Accountability NCLB Is Doomed To Failure
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