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Lila Shapiro

Kids Are Not All Right: Community Job Loss Hampers Student Achievement

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.07.2011 | Business
Read More: American Education, Education, Jobs Crisis, Jobless Rate, Education System, Great Recession, American Test Scores, Economic Recovery, Recession, Business News

Studies have long indicated that children whose parents lose jobs will falter academically. But new evidence shows that widespread job loss doesn't on...

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American Education: Much Worse Than You Think

Robin Koerner | Posted 07.29.2011 | Home
Read More: Universites, Society, Arizona, USA, Education, English Language, American Education, Failing Education System, Failing Schools, Education Reform, Home News
Robin Koerner

A master's degree in a subject that is completely verbal, and depends on the careful and detailed exposition of complex ideas -- and cannot use an apostrophe.

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Why University Scientists Do Not Discuss Religion

Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: National Science Foundation, American Education, Religion Science, Religion in America, Religious Campus Life, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Religion in Universities, Religion on Campus, Religion, Religious Scholars, Science and Religion, Religion News
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D.

If the scientists at elite universities fail to successfully engage with religion on their campuses, other American universities might follow suit.

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America's Educational System is Doing Alright!

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Finland, Singapore, Nation at Risk, American Education, Patrick Takahashi, Home News
Patrick Takahashi

As a nation, we have decided to focus on the few who will lead. Even at this stage, there will be more followers than chiefs. But this system is working, and could well be the answer to our success.

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Is America's Education System Really In Crisis?

newyorker.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: American Education, New Yorker, Nicholas Lemann, Education Crisis Overblow, College News

A hundred years ago, eight and a half per cent of American seventeen-year-olds had a high-school degree, and two per cent of twenty-three-year-olds ha...

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Superman Versus The Supermemes

Rebecca Costa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: American Education, Human Extinction, Thining Our Way Out of Extinction, Waiting for Superman, Education, Extinction, Education Crisis, Rebecca Costa, Watchman's Rattle, Education in America, Books News
Rebecca Costa

How did we allow our educational systems to fall so far, so fast? When did the welfare of our children go the same way as health care, the safety of our food and the callous obliteration of our environment?

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This is the Moment

Karin Chenoweth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: American Education, Karin Chenoweth, The Education Trust, Education, Education Reform, Race to the Top, Home News
Karin Chenoweth

If we don't seriously increase the knowledge and competence of today's students, we may bequeath to our children and grandchildren a nation in decline.

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What American Dream? Why the Social Elevator Stalls

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: American Education, Third World America, American College, American Dream, U.S. Education, World News
Rabah Ghezali

From all the countries that have been studied, the United States is the one where the gap between the academic performance of wealthy and poor families remains the widest.

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Competitiveness vs. Excellence: The Education Crisis That Isn't

Alfie Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: American Education, Paul Krugman, Education, Education Reform, College Board, Barack Obama, Politics News
Alfie Kohn

From any reasonable moral standard, we'd want kids to succeed regardless of where they call home. If progress were being made worldwide, that would be terrific news.

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U.S. Universities Losing Clout In Global Education Market

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Foreign Universities, US Universities, American Education, College News

A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor questions how well U.S. colleges are maintaining their position as the global "gold standard" in edu...

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Are Americans Too Smart? (WATCH)

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: American Education, Education, Utah 12th Grade, Comedy, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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The Huge Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Education, Economy, Mckinsey, Acheivement Gap, American Education, No Child Left Behind, Educational Disparities, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our failure to educate all our children to the highest levels means students in America overall are being left behind in a world where global competition is increasingly tough.

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At Sea Without a Compass: Chart a New Course for Education Reform

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: American Education, Public Schools, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Education, Obama Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama Education Policy, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

The federal government needs to call a public advisory committee, comprised of representatives from every stakeholder group that cares about what is happening in public schools.

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Droppin' Out: The Real American Crisis

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Financial Crisis, Education, High School Dropouts, Drop Out Rate, Urban Schools, New York, Baltimore, Columbus, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights, American Education, Chicago, Detroit, Dropout, Education Reform, Education Civil Rights Issue, Education in America, John McCain, Video, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

For too many years Americans have fought against things: communism, drugs, poverty. Isn't it time to fight for something?

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