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Numbers Game: America's Struggle To Make Math Fun

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012

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By Stephanie Simon April 11 (Reuters) - Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's...

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Obama Plan To Save Teacher Jobs Makes Many Assumptions

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's a startling statistic on the state of American schools: An estimated 280,000 teaching and other education jobs could be lost i...

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What It's Going to Take to Transform Our Schools

Margaret Spellings | Posted 12.10.2011

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Margaret Spellings

I think it's helpful to quickly review the principles that have revolutionized nearly every other area of our lives: competition, customization, technology, modern management and a relentless focus on the customer. 

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A Milestone in Education

Phil Mickelson | Posted 10.22.2011

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Phil Mickelson

What if we celebrated milestones in education with the same enthusiasm with which we celebrate achievement in sport?

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Americans Have Near-Record Low Confidence In U.S. Public Schools, Gallup Study Shows

Posted 09.28.2011

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Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical of the U.S. public school system, revealing near-record low confidence in schools. According results ...

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Education in Chicago: Mr. Secretary: Quo Vadis?

Bill Sweetland | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Sweetland

If Duncan and Obama really expect five million more students to graduate from two-year colleges, they must for the first time in history make our schools into thoroughly intellectualized, serious places.

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Privilege and the Gap -- An Exchange

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Ayers

To really attack the achievement gap, we need to start building strong communities, integrating services, and transforming assessments.

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The Genesis of "Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us"

Mike Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Rose

We hear so much about education these days -- test scores, reform battles -- but little that we hear gets to the heart of why education matters. That's why I wrote "Why School?".

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