Public School System

Caught in the Middle

Eddie N. Fakhoury | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Public School Funding, Education Budget Cuts, Michigan Schools, Education Investors, Education Foundations, Public Education, Dearborn Michigan, Public School System, Education News

A small boost for a district that finds itself caught in the middle means protecting it from falling to the high-need end of the scale where investment will be more costly and return on investment will take more time.

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No Public Education, No Democracy

Simone Harris | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Privatization of Education, Montgomery High School, Public School System, K-12, Occupy the Schools, Wal-Mart, Diane Ravitch, Michael Milkin, Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Santa Rosa CA., Education News

Vultures and their corporations are poised to supply the artificial heart of learning to a wounded public school system they fully intend to finish off. But they won't succeed because our communities are going to fight for our beloved schools.

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Rex Sinquefield Apologizes For Comment Linking Schools With KKK

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Video, US Public School System, US Public Schools, US Schools, Kkk, African American Students, Klu Klux Klan, African Americans, Public School System, Education News

After sparking controversy by quoting a former judge who stated the Klu Klux Klan designed the American public school system to hurt African-Americans...

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Grassroots Teachers Organization Calls For Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Diane Ravitch, No Child Left Behind, Teachers Union, Matt Damon, The Ellipse, Barack Obama, Wisconsin Union Protests, Public School System, Secretary of Education, Merit Pay, Standardized Testing, Save Our Schools, Teachers, Public Education, Teaching, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Education News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama was swept into office amid calls for change in the country on issues ranging from the economy to education. Almos...

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The Night the Lights Went Out on Friday

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adequate Yearly Progress, School Reform, Michelle Rhee, Arnie Duncan, Bill Gates, Diane Ravitch, Public School System, Education News

In two years or less my school district will not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and this in turn will begin the process that honest school reformers want -- the closing of my community's public-school system.

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Why do the Education Reformers Ignore Finland's Best Practices?

Sharon Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finland, Education Reform, Test Scores, Public Education, Teaching, Public School System, Education News

Best practices should be emulated, but this is not happening in the current U.S. public education reform scheme of things.

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Social Media for Social Good

Cynthia Harnisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Twelethon, Failing Schools, Inner-City Arts, Budget Cuts, Skid Row, Social Media Week LA, Public School System, Impact News

The future of Los Angeles depends on helping all of our children reach their human potential, especially those who are most at risk, by providing access to the arts and the endless possibilities they offer.

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Are Public Schools in Crisis or are Communities?

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Public Education, Education Policy, Failing School, Public Schools, Education System, Public School System, Politics News

We shouldn't be so quick to close schools when we hear that they're failing, rather we should be asking what we can do to help a community to address deeper problems that impact the classroom.

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Southern Public School Students Are Predominantly Poor And Minorities

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, South, Education, Poverty, Southern Education, Education System, Poor, Schools, Southern Academic Foundation, Minority, Southern, Public School System, Vocabulary, Impact News

Southern public schools are the first in the country to have both a poor and minority student majority, The New York Times reported Thursday. A repo...

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The Extremism of Bobby Jindal

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Evolution, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal Governor, Social Conservatives, Religious Right, Creation Musem in Kentucky, Public School System, Healthy Living News

In spite of evolution's unprecedented success in explaining the living world, creationism has crept into the mainstream of American thought and into public school curricula in several states.

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