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Bullying Can't Be Solved With More Bullying

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 05.30.2012

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Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

Hastily meting out consequences to satisfy a public relations problem hurts everyone and compromises the integrity of the entire school system.

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School Budgets Pass, Students Continue to Lose

Alan Singer | Posted 05.30.2012

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Alan Singer

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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Rescue Me

Sen. Daylin Leach | Posted 05.24.2012

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Sen. Daylin Leach

Pennsylvania has a lot of school districts in grave financial distress. But as bad as this is, it gets far, far worse.

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Teachers Maligned As 'Radicals' In Pro-Scott Walker Flyer

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.23.2012

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A conservative group in Milwaukee helped produce an anti-teacher flyer that identified the names and salaries of Janesville, Wis., public-school teach...

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Quiet Drama in Philadelphia

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.22.2012

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Ellen Brown

Why does there always seem to be enough money for military expansion, prisons, bank bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy, but not enough for education -- or for jobs, housing, healthcare, or old age pensions?

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Making Schools Work

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 05.21.2012

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Dr. Lawrence M. Schall

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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Middle Schooler Faces Suspension For Crazy Haircut

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.18.2012

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Patrick Gonzalez, a student at Woodlake Hills Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, was given in-school suspensionfor coming to class with the likeness...

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It's Time to Succeed

Chris Gabrieli | Posted 05.17.2012

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Chris Gabrieli

Here's a very simple, common sense idea -- if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

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Fox News Host Blames Public Schools For Increase In Same-Sex Marriage Support

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.16.2012

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On the heels of President Obama's public endorsement of gay marriage, Todd Starnes, host of the daily radio show "Fox News & Commentary," has said he ...

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Suspension Rates at a Washington School Drop 85%: Does Kindness Play a Role?

Michael Jascz | Posted 05.16.2012

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Michael Jascz

While suspension rates have risen steadily since the 1970s, there remains little to no evidence that zero-tolerance discipline policies such as suspension and expulsion improve school safety or student achievement.

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The Power of Corn Starch

Jamie Anne Richardson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Jamie Anne Richardson

hen I was growing up, my parents worried about me getting in a fistfight after school. Now parents have to worry about guns and knives in the school cafeteria.

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A New Dawn for STEM Education

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 05.14.2012

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Rep. Barbara Lee

The STEM gap is a real and complex issue. We cannot overcome the challenges we face without the collaboration of educators, parents, industry partners and mentors and policymakers with the courage to fight for bold investment in STEM education.

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Teacher Appreciation -- More Than Just a Week?

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.10.2012

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Randi Weingarten

Teacher Appreciation Week soon will be over. Will America's teachers continue to be subjected to degradation and prevented from having a meaningful say in their profession? Or will their dedication and desire to help kids be respected?

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How to Learn in the 21st Century (Video)

Luis Ubiñas | Posted 05.10.2012

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Luis Ubiñas

If we want American kids to compete and thrive in today's world, then re-imagining the school day needs to be something we each take up as a cause -- in our own schools, in our own towns, and all across the country.

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Mentoring The Tough And Risky: A Small Cadre Of Successful Women Mentor At-Risk Youth

Paul Wisenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

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Paul Wisenthal

Jabious and Anthony Williams enrolled in an entrepreneurship program at their high school, sponsored by NFTE. In class, Patty Alper and Mena Lofland changed their lives and mentored their successes.

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Thank You, Mr. Seigman

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 05.09.2012

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Rebecca Joseph

As we continue to cut public education in unimaginable ways, please remember the amazing teachers that shaped your lives. Let us help fight to enable teachers to continue to provide the highest possible instruction possible.

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Teachers' Lounge: The Bluff City Philosopher

Teach Plus | Posted 05.09.2012

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Teach Plus

Teachers need to wake up and realize every decision is a political decision. If teachers are not engaged, decisions will continue to be done to them rather than with them.

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STEM STEM Technology STEM: Relax Reformers

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.08.2012

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Shaun Johnson

STEM fairs are still science fairs, my friends, and the latest techno-gadget or app is just something else to sell.

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Why Our Children Should Be Taught to Meditate in School

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.08.2012

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Richard Schiffman

"Pay attention!" we tell the young. Yet we fail to give them the tools that they need in our increasingly distraction-filled world to calm and center their minds and get down to the business of learning.

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5 Hidden Costs of Public High School

us news | Katy Hopkins | Posted 05.08.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. With two sons already through public high school, mother of four Tamara Krause assumed...

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

John H. Jackson | Posted 05.15.2012

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John H. Jackson

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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Why We Can't Afford Our Nation's Public Education Debt

Nicole Brittingham Furlonge | Posted 04.27.2012

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Nicole Brittingham Furlonge

It is clear: Politicians are playing politics with education. And it's a game we cannot afford to lose.

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Stripping and Searching

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.26.2012

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Christopher Brauchli

Things are not nearly as bleak as commentators would have had us believe after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the recent case of Florence v. County of Burlington.

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A Dangerous Attack on School Breakfast

Billy Shore | Posted 04.27.2012

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Billy Shore

New York City is dead last among 26 large urban areas in school breakfast participation, even though 74% of the city's public school students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Enter the city Health Department, which wants to halt plans to serve more morning meals at school.

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64 Schools To Close Amid Impending Dissolution Of Philadelphia District

| Dale Mezzacappa | Posted 04.25.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook. District staff and consultants are recommending a sweeping overhaul of ...

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