It's the Poverty, Stupid, Not Pre-K Skills
Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.
Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.
Catalyst Chicago | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago
CEO Ron Huberman today announced six recommendations for new schools that he will submit to the Board of Education later this month--about a third mad...
Alan Gottlieb | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver
If there’s one overriding lesson from last night’s school-related elections along Colorado’s Front Range, it’s that voters in some districts are not happy with the status quo.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
There are about 10,000 really bad schools in America (about 10%). The majority are elementary schools. We know how to make them better, but it takes political will and capacity to improve them.
Dan Brown | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media
The editorial page in today's New York Times takes a bizarre pot shot at teachers. Teachers are demeaned by the Times as a destructive force when it comes to developing systems that work in schools.
New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presided over the closing of dozens of failing schools when he was chief executive of the Chicago public schools fr...
Alan Singer | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Is Michael Bloomberg buying votes? Will Arne Duncan bring a "revolution" to the way our schools operate? Some who responded to recent blogs wanted more evidence for my claims. Here it is.
Alan Singer | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
Despite what Duncan thinks, nothing short of experience is going to prepare middle-class aspiring teachers to work with students who have high social and academic needs.
Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.25.2009 | Impact
Our schools today will get to the top as soon as we are able to teach children to discover their vocation in life, their calling, their destiny.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
The success of Obama's first term education agenda will be sealed with the announcement of phase 1 Race to the Top winners in March. All indications ...
AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a ...
Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Politico reports that teachers' unions are growing increasingly uneasy with the Obama administration's $5 billion education spending plan. Many educa...
Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
Since taking office as governor, Paterson has yet to articulate an educational vision. His most significant education proposals have revolved around student access to snack foods.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."
Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
It's parent-teacher conference time and you arranged your schedule three weeks in advance to attend. If you are like most parents, you feel a certain ...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago
The problem of kids killing each other is not unsolvable. But it is not a problem that the mayor, aldermen, police officers and, least of all, the president will solve.
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
When I was a pastor on the West Side I found myself in the middle of rioting students on more than one occasion. What happened? Since the riots weren't caught on video, we didn't get any help from the White House.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
There's an old saying in business that sometimes you have to go slow to go fast; in other words, you have to build the infrastructure of support in order to create profound change.
The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact
Two members of President Obama's cabinet met with Chicago mayor Richard Daley and school officials today, as well as parents and students from the nei...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...
Kevin Coval | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago
The city will be abuzz with language and records of now from people who are normally never heard from, the youth. Seen and now heard. And safe.
Alan Gottlieb | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver
Teaching has to become a profession that is seen as a viable career choice for capable, driven young people. Not only must it pay more, but the working conditions have to be attractive to the self-motivated and creative.
AP | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss ...
Susan Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics