Paul Schwennesen

Owner, Double Check Ranch

The winds of competition can be uncomfortably brisk, but they do a marvelous job of clearing the cobwebs...

Joy Resmovits

Huffington Post Education Reporter

Scott Walker-Style Merit Pay? Speaking at a Friday convention, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said he wants the state to begin a program that would pay partially teachers in accordance with their ratings, reports the Badger Herald. "One of the things we're looking to do going forward is to put additional resources into public education over the next two years in this budget in a variety of different ways is in part ... put money behind performance," Walker said. "How can we provide an incentive bonus?" 

Jeff Biggers

Author of 'State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream'

Hailed as the largest Hispanic Heritage Month event in the nation, the Librotraficantes 50 for Freedom celebration on September 21 will include readings from Tucson's banished books in venues across the nation.

Richard Whitmire

Veteran newspaper reporter, Author of The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation’s Worst School District

Americans continue to lose faith in their public schools, a Gallup poll reported recently. Less than a third of Americans said they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in schools. Why the drop?

Richard Whitmire

Veteran newspaper reporter, Author of The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation’s Worst School District

The startling array was courtesy of the College Board, which wants President Obama and Mitt Romney to start debating fixes to the nation's beleaguered public school system. Yes, education needs discussing. But guess what? These two candidates are already on the same page.

Judith Browne Dianis

Co-Director, Advancement Project

In permitting Arizona to keep its "show me your papers" directive, the justices have opened the door to enshrining racial profiling as the law of the land.

Emily Lutenski

Postdoctoral fellow, Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies

As the fate of Tucson's MAS program lies within the slowly grinding gears of the court system, the protest-performance of the librotraficantes -- their call for direct action -- deserves the support of all who believe in justice.

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Associate Professor, School of Education, Iowa State University

House Bill 2281, signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, targets public school districts' ethnic studies programs. We need to look at the Arizona law in historical perspective.

Jeff Biggers

Author of 'State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream'

Only days after the Arizona state legislature voted for punishing budget cuts in education, the now infamous audit of Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American/Ethnic Studies program is readying to commence.