Education

Parents Must Make the Grade on Involvement

Gloria Bonilla Santiago | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Education, Schools, Parenting, Urban Living, Charter Schools, US Poverty, Joe Harrison, Education News
Gloria Bonilla Santiago

Last week, Louisiana State Rep. Joe Harrison introduced a bill in that state's legislature that -- if passed -- would grade parents on the level and quality of their involvement in their kid's education.

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The Republican Path to National Failure

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Social Security, Global Economy, Wealthy, Middle Class, Presidential Election, Romney, Mitt Romney, Immigration, Obama, Rich, Citizens United, Tax Reform, Democrats, Santorum, Barack Obama, Gingrich, Education, Tax Cuts, Financial Crisis, Poor, Medicare, Republicans, Health Care, Income Inequality, Inequality, Campaign Contributions, Wealth Inequality, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

From immigration to health care and education reform, the Republicans are arguing for restricting access not only to the poor, but chiefly to the middle class. At the same time, they are arguing for a greater concentration of wealth among the elites.

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New 'Monkey Law' Imperils Science In Tennessee

Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Law, Monkey-Law, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Anti-Evolution, Academic Freedom, Denial, Education, Video, Creationism, Monkey Bill, Talk Nerdy to Me, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, Anti-Science, Climate Change, Evolution, Global Warming, Science News
Cara Santa Maria

We live in the 21st century, the century of biotechnology. Without an appropriate understanding of evolution, students will be at a disadvantage in the workforce. And without an understanding of anthropogenic climate change, how can we expect Tennessee children to grow up to become members of an informed electorate?

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Less Lip, More Action: Time to Connect Kids With Nature

Susan Smartt | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Environmental Education, National Parks Service, Education, STEM Education, Informal Education, Science Education, Education News
Susan Smartt

The needs are clear -- environmentally literate youth who are prepared for the future. The solution is simple -- connect children to nature via informal science education. It's not a new concept.

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The Pillaging and Plundering of Public Education in America

Yousef Abukhdair | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: College Tuition, Education, Department of Education, Scott Walker, Ronald Reagan, Charter Schools, For-Profit Colleges, Education News
Yousef Abukhdair

I urge you to invoke the words Mr. Reagan used to describe the defense budget, as education is best defense in securing the American dream, "defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need."

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New Learning Ratings From Common Sense Media

Daniel Donahoo | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Education, Ratings, Commonsense Media, Children, Students, Learning, Home News
Daniel Donahoo

The rise of game-based learning has come a long way from the 1985 version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Today, in the world of education and learning, computer gaming is all the rage.

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Student CEOs: Tech Start-ups on the University of Michigan Campus

Samantha Tritsch | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: University, Startups, Education, Entrepreneurship, Business, The Social Network, Students, College, College News
Samantha Tritsch

In turn, why wait to graduate to find a job when you could potentially start your own billion-dollar company right where you are? (Yes, Mr. Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, I said billion).

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But, Who Will Design the Robots?

John Merrow | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Edtech, Education Technology, Pbs, Education, John Merrow, Education Reform, Amazon, Video, Education News
John Merrow

Stressing the basics is no way to make sure that we will produce people to create the future. We need schools that encourage the imagination, that allow and support deep learning, and that fan the sparks of creativity -- not stomp out the fires.

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Back to the Basics, Indeed: A Brief Overview of Education Research

Elaine Weiss | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education, Early Childhood Education, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Health Care, Afterschool Programs, Education Reform, Education News
Elaine Weiss

There is more than enough heated rhetoric about "evidence-based" initiatives in education. Turn down the burners, however, and the research appears quite a bit clearer.

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We Don't Judge Teachers by Numbers Alone -- The Same Should Go for Schools

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: School Accountability, Education, Teachers, Education Reform, Education News
Michael J. Petrilli

The correct response to the unintended consequences of accountability isn't to end accountability, but to make it work better. That could have positive consequences for many years to come.

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The Education I Never Had, And Why No One Is Doing A Thing About It

Chaim Levin | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Jewish Education, Chabad, Crown Heights, Education, Judaism, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Religious Education, Education Reform, Orthodox Judaism, Religion News
Chaim Levin

At the age of 17, I had a formal education more comparable to a third grader. I lacked the opportunity to function as an informed, educated young adult.

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Mission Accomplished!

Gary Stager | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education, Literacy, Rttt, Research, Books, School Reform, Educational Technology, Data-Driven Decision Making, Stephen Krashen, Reading, Nclb, Accelerated Reader, Alfie Kohn, Education News
Gary Stager

While Accelerated Reader suggests that it inspires literacy habits, its primary customer is the bureaucrat impressed by the marketing slogan, "Advanced Technology for Data-Driven Schools."

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Flyover Country? Not This Kansas City

Jason Grill | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Performing Arts, Google, Kauffman Foundation, Economic Development, Travel, Innovation, Sporting Kc, Culture, Kansas City, Mls, Education, Kansas, Soccer, Arts, Missouri, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Midwest, Small Business, Travel Blogs, Business News
Jason Grill

The City of Fountains has been praised as a great place to live, work and visit for many years, but recently it is becoming a hot bed for entrepreneurial investment, high culture and the innovations of the future.

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Joy Resmovits

'Crisis' In U.S. Preschools As Spending Drops, Enrollment Climbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education News, Nieer, Early Education, Education, Early Education Funding, Arne Duncan, Pre-School, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Head Start, Steven Barnett, Rutgers University, Stimulus Fund, Education Reform, Education Funding, Education News

Before Diamande Montague started preschool, she was the kind of kid who clung to her mother's skirt. When she and her mom went outside and other kids ...

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What I Want to Tell Jordan Powers

Daleen Berry | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Education, James Hooker, Child Abuse, Sex Abuse, Jordan Powers, Seduction, Teachers, Grooming, Education News
Daleen Berry

It's been exactly 39 days since the James Hooker story broke. Last week we learned the former Modesto, Calif., schoolteacher had an earlier relationship with yet another teenager. Hooker's now in jail, and his former student and live-in lover, Jordan Powers, is headed for the hills.

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America's Public Schools: Still Unequal And Unjust

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Resources, Latino, Low-Minority, Arne Duncan, Expulsion Rate, Teacher Salaries, Funding, High-Minority, Teacher Salary, Out-of-School Suspensions, African American, Civil Rights, Low-Performing Schools, Grade Retention, Racism, Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection Survey, Discrimination, Black, Dropout, Public Education, African-Americans, African Americans, Tracking, The Great Equalizer, Department of Education, Zero Tolerance, Office for Civil Rights, Ineffective Teachers, Education, Secretary of Education, Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, Teachers, Inequality, Home News
Marian Wright Edelman

The struggle to make sure a quality education is available to every child -- and not just a privilege for a few -- is the unfinished and critical business before the nation for it will determine America's future place on the global stage in a rapidly changing competitive world.

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School Districts Sound Sour Note to Cut Costs

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Creativity, Education, Budget Cuts, Music Education, School Finances, Imagination, Arts Education, Education News
Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

A report this week by the U.S. Department of Education paints a dreary picture of arts education in the nation.

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Teaching Entrepreneurship in Inner-City Schools

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Inner City, Education, Business, Finance, Accounting, Education News
Rahilla Zafar

Professor Weigelt of Wharton Business School speaks of the moral obligation elite universities have in helping provide opportunities, role models and improving education in inner-city communities.

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A Trifecta Of Sins

John Merrow | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Learning Matters, Education, Pbs, Pbs Newshour, John Merrow, Cheating, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Testing, Video, Education News
John Merrow

In the face of this disheartening news, one has to ask, "who benefits?" I'm stumped. Certainly not children, parents and teachers.

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Why There May Be A Lack Of Minorities In Top-Level Economic Jobs

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Latino Voices News, U.S. Economy, Video, Education, Economy, Federal Reserve, Latino Prosperity, Diversity, Workplace Diversity, Latino Voices News

According to a report released last week by the Federal Reserve’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the central bank is having a hard time making t...

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Startup Minerva Project Seeks To Rival Ivy League

Reuters | Stephanie Simon | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Small Business, Education, Ben Minerva, Startup, Minerva Project, Ivy League, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Video, Small Business News

(Reuters) - Former Silicon Valley CEO Ben Nelson has two years and $25 million to transform higher education. The 36-year-old executive, who has ru...

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Because Of People Who Cared

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Religion, Education, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Charity, Donating to Charity, Public Education, Faith, Impact, Religion News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Why are we doing this? Because I know what it's like to be a child feeling alone in the world wondering if anyone cares enough to help.

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Continuing the Fight for Charter Schools in Mississippi

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Gray Tollison, Education, Education Reform, Chuck Espy, Charter Schools, Mississippi Education, Phil Bryant Mississippi Governor, Education News
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.

Mississippi's educational system has reached a turning point, a time when things seem at their most dire, and yet many appear to simply sit idly by and do nothing.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Moving From Pilots to Policy

Richard Buery | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: New York City Schools, Child Poverty, Education, Poverty, The Children's Aid Society, New York City Poverty, Achievement Gap, Education News
Richard Buery

On the evening of March 27, one of our community schools located in Washington Heights, a heavily Dominican neighborhood, hosted an event with potential implications for education policy in New York City and across the country.

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The Best Ideas for Our Schools

Eric Sheninger | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Leadership, Educational Leadership, Education, Education Reform, Education News
Eric Sheninger

Now is the time for all of us to critically analyze our respective schools and take a stand against the status quo in order to do what is best for our students.

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