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Alan Singer: Teachers as Crap Detectors and the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

2012-05-23T10:00:07Z

Tom Roderick, executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, asked me to share my thoughts on teaching and crap detection. These are some of the things I learned from forty years as a teacher.

Read more: Ernest Hemingway, Social Responsibility, Michael Bloomberg, Race to the Top, Mother Jones, Upton Sinclair, Bill Gates, Huck Finn, Barack Obama, New York City, Pearson Education, Margaret Mead, Rupert Murdoch, Teachers, Teaching, Frederick Douglass, Education News

Buffett On Philanthropy: 'It'd Be Madness Not To Do It'

2012-05-21T12:17:37Z

A group of billionaires met to talk about money -- not earning it, but how to best give it away.

Thirty-five billionaires who have handed over a m...

Read more: Video, Charity, Rockefeller, The Giving Pledge, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Donations, The Gospel of Wealth, Warren Buffett Giving Pledge, Andrew Carnegie, Impact News

Bill_Robinson: TechStar Interview: Hermann Hauser

2012-05-18T08:40:40Z

Hermann Hauser may not be known far and wide in America but in Europe, he's a certified tech and investing rock star.

Read more: Larry Ellison, Apple, BBC Acorn, Oracle, Arm, Amadeus Capital Partners, Bill Gates, Hermann Hauser, BBC Micro, John Scully, Micrisift, Technology News

Tony Wagner: 'Creating Innovators'

2012-05-17T17:10:18Z

In more than one hundred and fifty interviews for this book -- lengthy conversations with scores of innovators and their parents, teachers, and mentors -- passion was the most frequently recurring word.

Read more: Early Childhood Development, Montessori, Steve Jobs Quotes, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Montessori School, Childhood Development, Malcolm Gladwell, Entreprenuership, Mit, Harvard University, College News

Robert Lenzner: Why There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett

2012-05-07T17:36:44Z

Buffett is a man of character, unequaled in the investment business. Sure, Berkshire has had its dips, but the greatness of Buffett the investor is his ability to hold back when markets become too rich, and then to pounce when fear is has replaced greed.

Read more: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Buffett Obama, Warren Buffett Investment, Buffett Rule Obama, Business News

Amy Neumann: The Latest In Social Media For Social Good Strategies

2012-04-26T12:21:12Z

This is the seventh installment of the Impact series, #SocialGoodStars. The people highlighted here are passionate, dedicated philanthropists, strengt...

Read more: Bill Clinton, Philanthropy, Rachael Ray, Microfinance, Kids Volunteering Ideas, Bono, Social Good, Social Media for Social Good, Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Global Philalnthropy Group, Trevor Neilson, Maggie Neilson, Impact News

Daniel Gross: NRA Becomes Toxic When Exposed to Light

2012-04-23T08:11:10Z

When exposed to the light, the NRA's agenda becomes toxic. And Americans want nothing to do with those who conspire to bring about the gun lobby's dangerous "guns everywhere" vision they saw played out that February night in Sanford, Florida.

Read more: Kraft Foods, Dwayne Wade, George Zimmerman, Congress, American Legislative Exchange Council, Trayvon Martin, Shoot First Laws, Mars, Bill Gates, Sanford, Coke, Pepsi, Nra, Center for Media and Democracy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Cause, Stand Your Ground, Color of Change, Alec, Bill Cosby, McDonald's, Florida, LeBron James, National Rifle Association, Politics News

Daniel Cubias: Who Is the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs?

2012-04-16T17:49:47Z

Studies imply that more than 80 percent of dropouts would have stayed in school if they believed it was more relevant to real life. Learning how to run a small business can help kids see how their core classes aren't just cruel tortures from adults.

Read more: Steve Mariotti, Entrepreneurialism, Creativity, Latinos, Small Business, Hispanic, Estelle Reyes, Bill Gates, Entrepreneurs, Scholarship, Hispanics, Business, Los Angeles, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Nfte, Socioeconomic Class, Hayley Hoverter, Education, Columbia University, American Dream, Mark Zuckerberg, Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Baby Boomers, Dropouts, High School Dropouts, Impact News

Zaid Jilani: As Donors Flee, Corporate Front Group ALEC Whines That Critics Are Trying to "Eliminate Discourse"

2012-04-12T16:29:43Z

The campaign to hold ALEC responsible represents the best combination of free speech and the free market. ALEC hates that, but that's because ALEC doesn't stand for the free market or free speech at all.

Read more: Coca-Cola, Kraft, Alec Criticism, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Alec, Bill Gates, Stand Your Ground Law, Intuit, Coke, Pepsi, Alec Press Release, Politics News

Jigar Shah: Bill Gates Never Ran an Energy Company

2012-04-12T15:16:22Z

Last year, Bill Gates noted in an interview with Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal that technologies like solar photovoltaics and LED lights were...

Read more: Solar-Energy-Industries-Association, Bill Gates, Carbon Emissions, Marc Gunther, Solar Power, Carbon War Room, LED Lights, Solar Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Green News

Raymond J. Learsy: The New York Times Sheds a Tear for Wall Street Paydays

2012-04-08T16:19:27Z

If timing is everything, than the timing of Mr. Sorkin's article becomes ever so curious coming just one week after the publication of these humungous sums. There he was, as so often before, trying to steer our focus from the excesses of Wall Street's "Big Money" parade.

Read more: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Jpmorgan, Cnbc, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Bill Gates, Business News

James Burgess: Resource Depletion Is a Bigger Threat Than Climate Change: An Interview With Tom Murphy

2012-03-29T18:06:47Z

Rising geopolitical tensions and high oil prices are continuing to help renewable energy find favor amongst investors and politicians. Yet how much faith should we place in renewables to make up the shortfall in fossil fuels?

Read more: Solar Energy, Shale Gas, Fossil Fuels, Peak Oil, Green Technology, Green, Green News, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Bill Gates, Climate Change, Economic Growth, Green Energy, Green News

Billionaire: The Problem With Kids These Days

2012-03-29T14:45:14Z

There was a time when wealth creation used to be incremental.

You started a private company, or took over the family business, and grew it larger o...

Read more: Steve Jobs, Kids These Days, Fast Buck Culture, Ipo, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Alan Sugar, Money News

California School Board Blocks Parent Takeover Bid

2012-03-29T03:48:00Z

By Troy Anderson ADELANTO, Calif., March 28 (Reuters) - A group of activist parents in this impoverished community were thwarted again...

Read more: American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, National Education Association, Green Dot, Adelanto California, Parent Trigger, Desert Trails Elementary School, Bill Gates, California Parent Trigger Law, Walton Family, Parent Trigger Law, Video, Parent Revolution, Charter Schools, California Charter Schools, Reuters, California Schools, Education Reform, Adelanto Parent Trigger, Gates Foundation, Dennis Van Roekel, Eli Broad, Education News

Peter Smirniotopoulos: We Need an Education System that Promotes Creativity, Innovation, and Critical Thinking

2012-03-23T13:53:59Z

Let's not wait another 50 years to reform the primary and secondary education systems in this country, because we can't afford not to. Let's start now.

Read more: Steve Jobs, Creativity, Jeff Bezos, Economy, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Innovation, Amazon Kindle, Divergent-Thinking, Amazon, Education, Critical Thinking, Apple, Sir Ken Robinson, Economic Recovery, Education Reform, Public Education, Education News

Dr. Keith Devlin: Khan Academy: Good, Bad, or Ugly?

2012-03-20T11:56:31Z

People both for and against Khan Academy tend to portray the issues involved as black or white. But like most things in life, they are many shades of grey.

Read more: Math Teachers, Salman Khan, Mathematics Education, Mathematics, Bill Gates, Khan Academy, STEM Education, 60 Minutes, Silicon Valley, Eric Schmidt, Dan Meyer, Instructional Videos, Education News

Hostile Takeover: Parents Seek Control Of Failing School In High-Stakes U.S. Education Reform

2012-03-19T19:32:00Z

(Corrects information about the founding of Parent Revolution, adds that union backed anti-trigger activist in Florida, clarifies proposed structure...

Read more: American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, National Education Association, Green Dot, Adelanto California, Parent Trigger, Desert Trails Elementary School, Bill Gates, California Parent Trigger Law, Walton Family, Parent Trigger Law, Charter Schools, California Charter Schools, Reuters, California Schools, Education Reform, Adelanto Parent Trigger, Parent Revlution, Gates Foundation, Dennis Van Roekel, Eli Broad, Video, Education News

Rebecca Joseph: Lessons From a Potential Lemon

2012-03-09T14:22:12Z

I was a potential lemon, but I had the will and desire to change and others had the same commitment to help me. Yet there are many teachers who lack that will and who never improve year after year.

Read more: K-12 Education, Bad Teachers, Teacher Evaluations, Education, Arne Duncan, Diane Ravich, Teacher Education, Bill Gates, Education Reform, Teaching, Teacher, Students, Education News

Limari Colon: Kony 2012: Make Him Famous

2012-03-07T07:23:20Z

Today I stumbled upon one of the most intense videos I've seen in my short life. As a mother of a three month old, I would die, now and here, to spare...

Read more: Kony 2012, Uganda, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Justice, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Tim Tebow, Facebook, Impact News

The World's Billionaires 2012

2012-03-07T12:00:01Z

Record Numbers, Record Wealth: 128 new billionaires made their debut this year, while 117 dropped out of the ranks. The net result is a record 1,226 b...

Read more: Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Laurene Powell, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim Helú, Bill Gates, Slidepollajax, Forbes, Teddy Forstmann, Billoinaires, Lakshmi Mittal, Business News

Rebecca Joseph: Ending Bad Teaching: Releasing Teachers' Test Scores Is a Red Herring

2012-02-26T16:44:30Z

During my six years of teaching middle school in a major urban school system, I never worked with a consistent team of teachers that provided high quality instruction all year long.

Read more: Teacher Quality, New York Times, Bill Gates, Teachers, New York City, Teacher Unions, New York Teachers, Teacher Test Scores, Test Scores, Teacher Evaluation, Education News

Bill Gates: UN Needs To Be 'More Efficient' To Help Poor Farmers

2012-02-23T08:35:10Z

BY FRANCES D'EMILIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME — Bill Gates pressed U.N. food agencies on Thursday to become more efficient in helping poor farmers a...

Read more: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hunger, Video, Microsoft, United Nations, Heifer International, Bill Gates, Feeding America, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Impact News

John Thompson: Heeding the Evidence on Teacher Quality

2012-02-23T14:37:44Z

If Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had had any idea what the latest Gates Foundation project would find, would he have gambled so heavily on test-driven policies in Race to the Top and his other "teacher quality" reforms?

Read more: Teacher Quality, Jesse Rothstein, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Arne Duncan, Linda Darling Hammond, Bill Gates, Edward Haertel, Measuring Effective Teaching, Race to the Top, Education News

John Friedman: Climate Change: Good for Business?

2012-02-21T14:55:01Z

So where are the opportunities? If we look at the traditional sectors, energy, construction and transportation one of the biggest things that leaps out to me is the idea of substituting and replacing raw materials using one thing that humans seem to be able to produce in abundance -- waste.

Read more: Henry Ford, Carbon Emissions, Richard Branson, Sustainability, Bill Gates, Climate Change, Csr, Business, Entrepreneurship, Global Warming, Virgin America, Business News

Bill Gates: Why Our Foundation Invests in India

2012-02-10T14:19:26Z

I go to India at least once a year to see the progress of the work our foundation is doing there and I'm always struck by two things -- the dynamism of the place, and the tremendous need. Unfortunately, the former doesn't cancel the latter out.

Read more: Foreign Aid, India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Poverty, Polio Vaccine, India Polio, UK Aid India, Impact News