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Entries by Joel Shatzky from 05/2012

Educating for Democracy: The People's Board of Education

| Posted 05.10.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Inez Barron, The Schott Report, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayoral Control of Schools, Community Control, New York Schools, Huffington Post News

At an all-day meeting featuring panel discussions and break-out sessions, a group of parents, students, teachers and other educators met to propose an alternative to Mayoral control of the New York City public school system.

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Educating for Democracy: How "High" is Higher Education?

| Posted 05.23.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Peter Thiel, Queens College, Cuny, Higher Education, College Graduation Rates, New York Schools, Texas Schools, Huffington Post News

There certainly is a serious problem today facing higher education that is not being sufficiently addressed, and that concerns what "higher" education is all about.

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Educating for Democracy: Nobel Prizes Are Not Just Surprises

| Posted 05.31.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Brooklyn Tech, DeWitt Clinton High School, Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva, Stuyvesant High School, Mayor Bloomberg, Bronx High School of Science, John Jay High School, LIincoln High School, Martin Van Buren High School, Walton High School, Townsend Harris High School, New York Schools, Huffington Post News

In the past almost seventy years, no less than twenty-six Nobel Laureates have been educated in New York City schools: only three were products of private schools.

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