Educational Reform

Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change

Randy Turner | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Education News, Nea, Poverty, Crime, Educational Reform, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Mitt Romney, Standardized Tests, Public Education, Education News
Randy Turner

As a teacher who has students write research papers on the American Civil Rights Movement, I was stunned to find out that I am on the wrong side of the great civil rights issue of our time. It has to be true. Mitt Romney says so.

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Fixing American Education Chertok Interview Series, Part 3: How Do We Get Public Education From Here to Where It Needs to Be?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Education, Public Education, Educational Reform, K-12 Education, Education Reform, Harry Chertok, Education News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

We are no longer an agrarian society, therefore, the school day and school year must be longer. The responsibility for public education which was ceded to the states must be centralized with regard to uniformity of curriculum. In the future, we need a national core curriculum.

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The Golden Age of the Polymath

Romanna Bint Abubaker | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Government, Creativity, Religion, Islam, Change, Rumi, Education, Jonah Sulk, Is Education Killing Creativity, Educational Reform, Ken Robinson, Poetry, Culture, Culture News
Romanna Bint Abubaker

Humanities cuts announced by the government. Are we surprised? A reinforcement of a government committed to robbing us of our intellect. The authorit...

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Education Wake Up: An Important Case in Connecticut

Michael Evans | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Bridgeport, Educational Reform, Achievement Gap, Minority Achievement Gaps, Fairfield County, Education News
Michael Evans

The indecisiveness that has been found in Connecticut has left a generation of youth facing one of the biggest uphill battles in the nation.

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To Bill Gates: I Don't Need Your Money

Steve Nelson | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Vouchers, Bedford Stuyvesant, Calhoun School, Charter Schools, Freebrook Academy, Educational Reform, Broad Foundation, Education News
Steve Nelson

Don't get me wrong. I deeply respect that you and your wife care about the community and the world. But if you want to really help, here's one small way:

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Politics as Usual: Decoding the Attacks on a Liberal Education

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Liberal Education, 99% Movement, Educational Reform, Mark Anthony Neal, James Braxton Peterson, Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University, Conservative Ideology, Jay Z, David J. Leonard, #Occupy Movement, Education, Black Voices News
Mark Anthony Neal

Few university courses generate much attention from mainstream media, but Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson's course "The Sociology of Hip-Hop: Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z" has drawn national attention.

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What's Driving Educational Reform in America?

Franklin Schargel | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: School Reform, A Nation at Risk, School Budget Cuts, 4 Days of School, School Performance, Educational Reform, Education Cuts, Education News
Franklin Schargel

Is it the governors who are demanding that schools be more effective while making draconiana cuts eliminating teachers, closing schools and eliminating subjects that children come to school to enjoy?

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Leaving America's Kids Behind

Ashley Sobhani | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Teach for America, Educational Reform, Teenagers, High School News
Ashley Sobhani

How can we level the playing field so that we all have a greater opportunity to become productive members of society, not just those who live in more affluent communities?

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Chilean Students Show the Way

Gary Anderson | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Neoliberalism, Chile, Educational Reform, Student Protests, Chile Protests, Student Protests Chile, Chile Student Protests, Neoliberalism Chile, Chile Students, World News
Gary Anderson

Chilean students are experimenting with new forms of protest, such as marathon runs around congress, kiss-ins, and a 3,000-student performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to imply that the education system in Chile has become a zombie.

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Before Including Test Scores, Reform the Structure of Teacher Evaluation Itself

Andrew K. Miller | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Education, Test Scores, Student Achievement Data, Teacher Evaluations, Student Achievement, Education Policy, Educational Reform, Teacher Evaluation, School-Culture, Teachers Unions, Educations Policy, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Education News
Andrew K. Miller

If you really want teachers to come to table and even consider using student data as part of their evaluation, then the processes and structures of evaluation must be reformed first.

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The Global Search for Education: The Technology Connection

C. M. Rubin | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Canadian Schools, Apple Ipad 2, C. M. Rubin, Aboriginal Knowledge, Land Inside Coyote, Educational Reform, Music and Technology, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Testing, Art and Technology, Canadian Educators, Cornelia Hoogland, World Wisdom, Education News
C. M. Rubin

Can ancient understandings address contemporary arts curricula's growing dependence upon technology?

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The Global Search for Education: The Future of Jobs?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Education News, National Skill Formation, Industrial Policy and Employment, Low Cost Skill Labor in India and China, Hugh Lauder, Global Education, Educational Reform, The Future of Jobs, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Tests, Tiger Mums, German and English Apprenticeship Systems, The Global Auction, Higher Education Mega Centers, Corporate Skill Strategies, Phillip Brown, David Ashton, Policy and Research Group, Links Between Education and the Economy, Multi-National Company Hiring Practices, Taylorisms, Education News
C. M. Rubin

The impact of education on prosperity has been a subject of long debate. However, Professor Hugh Lauder explains, "the links between education and a modern economy are much more complex than policy makers would have us believe."

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School Reform by Making a Headline or by Reading the Book?

Sean Slade | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Michael Fullan, Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Ascd, New York, New Jersey, Educational Reform, School Reform, Washington DC, Community, Whole Child, Engagement, Los Angeles, School Improvement, Educational-Leadership, Parents, Education News
Sean Slade

School reform has been the flavor of the month for quite a few months now. However, what we have seen has not been discussion or debate about what constitutes sound reform, but rather debate by headline.

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The NYC DOE Needs an A-Team

Michele Somerville | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Uft, Dennis Walcott, Nyc, Charter Schools, United Negro College Fund, Naacp, Chancellor of Schools, Department of Education, Educational Reform, Cathie Black, Separate but Equal, Education News
Michele Somerville

The way to make genuine change in a system that is failing hundreds of thousands of children is to revitalize the weakest schools.

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Accountability: How and Why a Boring Report Made Me Weep

James Gee | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Incentives, Schools, Educational Reform, Accountability, Nclb, Education Reform, Education News
James Gee

Why do we, in education, at a policy level, so often do what even commonsense tells us is wrong?

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Cooperation Not Competition: Finland's Model For Education Success

C. M. Rubin | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Howard Gardner, Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland, Global Education, C. M. Rubin, Harvard Professor Tony Wagner, Educational Reform, The Global Search for Education, Finland Schools, Pasi Sahlberg, Standardized Testing, Bob Compton, Race to the Top, PISA Rankings, World-Wisdom, Rttt, The Finland Phenomenon, Education News
C. M. Rubin

"The Finns had a crisis," professor Tony Wagner explains. Starting with the principle that cooperation is a key pillar of success, the Finns revised their educational framework.

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Design Thinking for Education: What if?

Max Benavidez | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Collaborative, Creating the Future, Design Thinking, K-12, Educational Reform, Transformation, Social Alchemy, Framework, Imagination, Crisis in Education, Tedxsfed, Learning, Classroom, Video Game Design, Education Reform, Education News
Max Benavidez

Design Thinking for Educators brings design thinking into the educational realm, and takes educators through the phases of the design process.

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A Strategic Defeat for Educational Freedom

Adam Schaeffer | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Mitch Daniels, Mitch Daniels 2012, School Vouchers, Educational Reform, Indiana, Chief Seattle, Private Schools, Politics News
Adam Schaeffer

The voucher program signed into Indiana law today will not only expand state control over schools by requiring adherence to a single curriculum, it will also cut into the market for non-accredited schools.

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The Smackdown of Those Spoiled Teachers

Randy Turner | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Teacher Tenure, Jane Cunningham, American Legislative Exchange Council, Educational Reform, Public Education, Education News
Randy Turner

Last week, by a vote of 5-2, a state senate committee took the first giant step toward a radical change of public education that will make our schools a nightmare for students, teachers, and administrators.

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Why 8,000 Eighth-Grade NYC Students Don't Have High School Placements Yet

Michele Somerville | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Educational Reform, NYC High Schools, Standardized Testing, Reform, Discrimination, Educational Discrimination, Racism in Schools, NYC Department of Education, DOE NYC, Nyc Charter Schools, Education News
Michele Somerville

We don't need more "selective" or "elite" schools. We need good, safe, solid, diverse high schools for every young person in the system.

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Fulfilling The Promise Of Equitable Education To Our Children

Rep. Chaka Fattah | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Equal Education, Equality, Bill of Rights, Education, Department of Education, Equity, Obama Education, Children, Educational Reform, Education Policy, Rates-of-Educational-Achievement-According-to-States, Public Education, Students, Civil Rights, Arne Duncan, Education News
Rep. Chaka Fattah

Providing a more equitable education for our children is not merely our moral imperative. This is an economic and national security necessity.

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Reforming American Postsecondary Education

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Wildavsky, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Postsecondary Education, Race to the Top, William Bennett, Elementary School, Council for Aid to Education, Kaplan, Educational Reform, Nation at Risk, Bologna Project, The Great Brain Race, Phoenix University, College News
Charles Kolb

America's postsecondary education sector is a vital component of our democracy's health. Our ability to transform it will be a key factor in determining its future.

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Where Is The Value In Value-Added Rankings Of Our Nation's Teachers?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Reform, Value-Added Teacher, Education, Teachers Evaluation, American Recovery and Investment Act, Obama Administration, Obama Reform, Value-Added, Value-Added Evaluations, Race to the Top, Value Added Assessment, Education News

"Value-added" rankings have been a buzz word among educators since "Race to the Top", began promising funds to school systems that adapt to certain r...

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HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Waiting for Superman, Education, Geoff Canada, Educational Reform, Ny Impact, Greatest Person of the Day, Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, New York, Video, Impact News

America is facing an educational crisis. As the president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, no one knows that better than Geoffrey Canada. Geoffr...

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Another Vague Plan: A Manifesto without Teeth

Leonisa Ardizzone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, Educational Equity, Manifesto, Educational Reform, NYC Department of Education, Structural Violence, Education News
Leonisa Ardizzone

I finally made it through my backlogged reading pile to read the "Manifesto" by Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee et al. that appeared in the Washington Post in October, and I am completely underwhelmed. This is a manifesto?

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