Public Education

Education and Activism in Alternative Schools

Amelia Marzec | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Education News, Decentralization, Art News, Occupy Wall Street, Majoring in Debt, Education Reform, Low Teacher Pay, Public Education, Student Loans, New York News, New York City, New York, Education News

In an Occupy-saturated New York, there's a push for education by the people for the people that calls for new structures of collaboration and new uses of resources.

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Ten Commandments For Education Reform

Dan Ross | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Church, Social Justice, Education, School Reform, Education Reform, Public Education, Separation of Church and State, Judaism, Ten Commandments, Religion News

We must never forget that there is no task more sacred than teaching our children, and for this reason, people of faith can no longer stand idly by as our education system betrays our kids.

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A Youth-Led Movement

Joe Calder | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Student Views on Education, Six Pac, Student-Led Reform, Education Reform, Low Teacher Pay, Public Education, Teen News

The implicit message they carry transcends education reform -- it suggests that student-led reform is entirely possible. The idea itself is enough to revolutionize American education policy for years to come.

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Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Women, Language, Children, Books, Daughters, Teens, Sons, Tweens, Public Education, Technology, Video Games, Cursing, Mothers, Fathers, Swearing, Parents News

When I was growing up, my mom's best gift to me was to take me to the library.

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School Budgets Pass, Students Continue to Lose

Alan Singer | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Uniondale New York, Public Schools, Newsday, Long Island, Andrew Cuomo, Education, Budget Cuts, Budget, New York Times, Public Education, School Budget Cuts, New York News

If you keep cutting the budget, the school system will eventually fall apart, maybe not this year, maybe not the next, but it is going to happen.

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8 States Get Waiver From 'No Child Left Behind'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: State Education, 8 States Waiver No Child Left Behind, 2012 Presidential Election, Education Testing, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Obama Administration, No Child Left Behind Waivers, No Child Left Behind Law, School Standards, No Child Left Behind Waiver, Public Education, Election 2012, No Child Left Behind Exclusion, Ed-Lection 2012, Topicmittromney, Education News

Less than a week after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney lambasted the Obama administration for not fighting inertia and special...

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The Problem With Mitt Romney's Education Plan

Patrick O'Connor | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Public Education Reform, Barack Obama, Education News

A thoughtful look at the education policies of both candidates leaves very little to cheer about for true education reformers.

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Well Informed Versus Ill Informed

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Public Education, Education Disparity, Income Inequality, Politics News

Too much inequality for too long a time can lead to corrosive relationships between parts of society that are inevitably interdependent and which need to work together smoothly to make our whole system work properly.

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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

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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Making Schools Work

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education, Public Education, Segregation, School Segregation, Education News

That's the title of David Kirp's opinion piece in this Sunday's New York Times. I'll begin with his punchline: School desegregation has been proven to...

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Schools and Communities: Stronger Together

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Education, Poverty, Community Reform, Budget Cuts, Budget, Education Reform, Teachers, Public Education, Students, Education News

It's time to stop ignoring poverty and the realities that disadvantaged students face. We must instead address the factors that can and do impede student achievement and well-being.

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Education Reformers Sit Down: We Need a Revolution

Larry Strauss | Posted 05.17.2012

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What ought to be clear to all of us by now is that the institutional structure of schools and school systems is ill-conceived. It is a failure. And this failure is at the root of all other educational failures.

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The Trouble With Differentiating Differentiation

Dan Ross | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Public Education Reform, Differentiated Instruction, Pedagogy, Education News

Why are America's high school student so dramatically and devastatingly unprepared to succeed at the highest levels of scholastic achievement? The answer is simple: differentiation.

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State of Florida Prefers to Ignore Reality Behind Poor FCAT Scores

Steven Kurlander | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Rick Scott, Education, Steven Kurlander, Education Reform, Educational Testing, Florida News, Public Education, Education News

De-emphasizing failing by fixing scores and allowing functionally illiterate children to advance to the next grade is not the answer to starting to get kids to know how to read, write, and add.

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Slow and Steady Will Not Win the Race

Linda Rosen | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Science, Education, Education Reform, Change the Equation, Change the Equation (CTEq), Public Education, STEM Education, Education News

We should not deny the progress we've made thus far. But business leaders learned long ago that slow and steady will not win the race.

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A Pot Luck Meal Of Ideas

John Merrow | Posted 05.16.2012

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Remember pot-luck suppers, when everyone brought a dish or two? What follows is the the equivalent -- although substituting ideas for food. Because t...

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Why Divide Your Thanks, Mr. President?

Chris Lehmann | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Politics, Education, Education Reform, Public Education, National Charter School Week, Teacher Appreciation, Education News

If declaring this week "National Charter School Week" was not a deliberate attempt to marginalize those of us who choose to teach in the public school system, then it was exceptionally poor timing.

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In Praise of Ordinary Teachers

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Teacher Quality, Teacher Evaluations, Education, Teachers Unions, Teachers Union, Teachers, Public Education, Teaching, Education News

The crisis in American education is really about how to find and retain and nourish ordinary teachers. They are the ones who do most of the work, have the greatest influence, and are under the greatest stress.

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Education: The Single Most Important Job (Video)

George Lucas | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Education Technology, Technology in Education, Video, Education, Higher Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Education News

Education is the foundation of our democracy. By seizing on what's working, and recreating those successes from one classroom to the next, we can make it better for everyone.

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Teacher Appreciation

Catherine Okafor | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Education, Dreams, Teachers, Public Education, Teaching, College, College News

I have a huge appreciation of teachers no matter what subjects, levels or types of students that they teach. Teachers teach but amazing teachers educate students on lessons that will forever be cherished.

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Rick Scott Cuts Funding, Vetoes Tuition Hike Bill

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.01.2012

After approving a $300 million cut to Florida's public universities in earlier April, thus cutting public higher education state funding for the fifth...

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The Missing Teachers

Jay Mandle | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Teachers, Public Education, Economy, Unemployment, Education Policy, Great Recession, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Education Reform, Students, Education News

The quality of public school education almost certainly was damaged. Between May 2007 and May 2011, the number of teachers in the United States decreased by 223,770 -- a decline of almost 6 percent.

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A New Take on 'No Excuses' -- Tackling Poverty to Provide Meaningful Opportunity

John H. Jackson | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Public Schools, New York Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, New Jersey Schools, Education News

We all know that factors related to poverty can limit learning in a number of ways. It's time to take apply the "no excuses" doctrine to systems reforms.

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A New Take on 'No Excuses' -- Tackling Poverty to Provide Meaningful Opportunity

John Jackson | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Public Schools, New York Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, New Jersey Schools, Education News

We all know that factors related to poverty can limit learning in a number of ways. It's time to take apply the "no excuses" doctrine to systems reforms.

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A Lesson in Adult Education

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Immigrants, Education, Lausd, Public Education, Adult Education, Education News

On March 13th, the Los Angeles Unified School District authorized a worst-case scenario budget that would eliminate education for adults unless other hoped-for means of balancing the budget are achieved.

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