C. M. Rubin

Blogger and author, 'The Real Alice in Wonderland'

How is technology helping women's plight? What effective steps have been taken to educate girls and boys on the AIDS issue? What can private firms and corporations do to promote women's equality in the workplace and in society?

Dr. Michael J. Feuer

Dean, George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development; President-elect, The National Academy of Eduation

There is surely room for improvement in the world of teacher preparation -- as there is in all professions -- but the NCTQ report provides an inadequate basis upon which to design and implement positive reforms.

Michael Seo

Entrepreneur

Research and evidence from established programs continually prove that investing in children ages 0 to 5, is an investment in society that pays high dividends.

Gloria Bonilla Santiago

Board Chair, LEAP Academy University Charter School

Too many American high school students are falling through the cracks -- and a large number of those falling short are minorities.

Brian Sims

Pennsylvania State Representative in Philadelphia's 182nd District

If you've been paying attention to the national news lately, you've certainly caught wind of the catastrophic budget problems that the Philadelphia public school system is currently facing.

Marc F. Bernstein

Fordham University Graduate School of Education

Teacher unions, parents, small government advocates are critical constituencies for both Democrats and Republicans. How could Congress do anything but consider limiting the federal role in education?

Bob Williams

President, State Budget Solutions

Some state governments seem to think that they can reach out with one hand to ask the federal government for money, while wagging a finger with the other hand to scold the feds for intruding into state education policy.

Mark Edwards

Executive Director, Opportunity Nation

At a time when little legislative action is taking place, Opportunity Nation is pleased to see progress on our Shared Planed in the version of the bill passed by the Senate, including several objectives in the Improving Secondary Schools Program.

Daniel Donahoo

Researcher and Author on Learning and Development and Technology

We need to look beyond the roles of parents on school boards and fundraising committees and consider how we engage them more fully in the school and teaching experience.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Grantmaking foundation

How would you answer this question: "When I picture great teaching, I see ______?" Last month, Carnegie Corporation and 50 leading education nonpro...

Shaun Johnson

Teacher educator and former elementary teacher

The strong, silent professionals who actually do all of the shoe-work in education are distracted by, of all things, what got them in the profession in the first place. It's their work with children and young persons that is most important, so that's where their attentions rest.

Steve Mariotti

Founder, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2013 Young Entrepreneur Showcase. I had the chance catch up with one of the world's leading youth entrepreneurship teachers, Maria Jimenez, who helped bring these students through this exciting program.

Elaine Weiss

National coordinator, Broader Bolder Approach to Education

Teachers who object to being judged on the basis of their students' test scores are labeled as weak or unwilling to be held accountable. Their assertions that test-based evaluations are inaccurate and unreliable are countered with suggestions that there is no better alternative.

Alan A. Aja , William A. Darity Jr. and Darrick Hamilton

Assistant Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Puerto Rican & Latin@ Studies at Brooklyn College (City University of New York)

While more students generally attend racially and economically diverse schools, it is no secret that our schools are anything but unitary.

Jason Stanford

Democratic consultant and writer

By conflating testing with curriculum, Perry's veto of a testing relief bill aimed at the playground set revealed that he doesn't understand what happens in Texas elementary schools.

Gordon Brown

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global Education

Malala Yousafzai -- the 15-year-old Pakistani girl militants tried to assassinate -- is the first signatory of a new worldwide petition launched today after terrorists, hell-bent on preventing girls being educated, murdered 14 students at an all girls' college in Pakistan.