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Randy Turner: Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change

2012-05-24T11:48:02Z

As a teacher who has students write research papers on the American Civil Rights Movement, I was stunned to find out that I am on the wrong side of the great civil rights issue of our time. It has to be true. Mitt Romney says so.

Read more: Education News, Nea, Poverty, Crime, Educational Reform, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Mitt Romney, Standardized Tests, Public Education, Education News

John Thompson: Remove Stakes From Standardized Testing to Strengthen Education

2012-05-15T11:42:22Z

Think of how the divisiveness in education would decrease if we borrowed from the Bill of Rights and adopted a code of ethics declaring, "No stakes shall be attached to standardized tests without the consent of the student or educator."

Read more: Bill Tucker, Charter Schools, Chicago Schools, Value-Added Models, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Eric Hanushek, Gates Foundation, Education News

Zaid Jilani: Charter Schools Association Is Using Taxpayer Money to Support ALEC's Radical Agenda

2012-05-13T15:10:27Z

Following the outcry over the group pushing "Stand Your Ground" laws, at least 15 major corporations, foundations, and other organizations have decided to end their funding commitments to ALEC.

Read more: Charter Schools, Alec, Big Business, Greg Richmond, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, National-Association-of-Charter-School-Authorizers, Education News

Joshua Hale: Neighborhood Schools: An Answer to Chicago's Supply and Demand Problem

2012-05-09T15:11:04Z

While selective enrollment and high quality neighborhood and charter public schools are key to the fabric of our city, they clearly cannot meet the demand

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Tom Vander Ark: Ten Conversations With Edupreneurs

2012-05-04T18:41:03Z

It was one of those conferences where it's hard to leave the lobby. The NewSchools Summit (#NSVFsummit), co-hosted with the Aspen Institute, was held...

Read more: Newschools-Venture-Fund, Education Technology, Blended Learning, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Education News

Kevin P. Chavous: Zina's Story: A Voice of Determination

2012-05-02T12:14:22Z

As we debate education reform in America, it is important to be mindful of the real people with real needs who traverse the halls of our schools.

Read more: Education Reform, Women's Rights, Charter Schools, Education News

Heath Brown: Who Will Romney Choose for Education?

2012-04-27T11:53:38Z

From what we know from his record as governor, his 2010 book No Apology, and his campaign's website, Romney's beliefs about education are moderate to right-of-center.

Read more: Mitt Romney, Education, Campaign, Charter Schools, Lobbying, President Obama, Politics News

Kevin Welner: The Lesson of the Cupcakes: Fix Schools by Resisting Gimmicks and Heeding Evidence

2012-04-26T10:46:30Z

There are no miracle cures or magic beans. If we increase opportunities to learn, the result will be more learning; if we deny opportunities to learn, the result is equally predictable.

Read more: Opportunity to Learn, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Evidence Based Decision Making, Vouchers, Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluation, Cyberschools, Merit Pay, Grade Retention, Education News

64 Schools To Close Amid Impending Dissolution Of Philadelphia District

2012-04-25T17:11:05Z

This piece comes to us courtesy of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook.

District staff and consultants are recommending a sweeping overhaul of ...

Read more: Public Schools, Teacher Layoffs, Philadelphia Public Schools, Education Budget Cuts, Charter Schools, Achievement Networks, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia School District Closing, Philadelphia Schools, School Closings, Charter Management Networks, Education News

Gail Robinson: Leaders of New Group Have an "Interest" in Education

2012-04-13T16:45:03Z

Increasingly privatized education -- with charters, consultants and competition -- offers more opportunities for investment and profit-making. Its proponents have a special and vested interest in the policies they promote.

Read more: Mayor Bloomberg Education, Privatized Education, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, New York Education, Studentsfirst, New York Education Reform, New York Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, Eva Moskowitz, Geoffrey Canada, New York News

David Macaray: They Want to Privatize the World

2012-04-12T09:50:13Z

One of the biggest con games going on right now is the sustained attack on the U.S. public school system. It's being perpetrated by predatory entrepr...

Read more: California Schools, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Bottled Water, Politics News

Jeanne Allen: Charter Schools and Sausage

2012-04-12T17:40:09Z

Educating the public to understand the mysteries of law making is the first step in ensuring a truly exceptional education for all children for generations to come.

Read more: Public Schools, Education, Rankings, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Education News

Gloria Bonilla Santiago: Parents Must Make the Grade on Involvement

2012-04-12T16:47:02Z

Last week, Louisiana State Rep. Joe Harrison introduced a bill in that state's legislature that -- if passed -- would grade parents on the level and quality of their involvement in their kid's education.

Read more: Education, Schools, Parenting, Urban Living, Charter Schools, US Poverty, Joe Harrison, Education News

Yousef Abukhdair: The Pillaging and Plundering of Public Education in America

2012-04-11T11:20:19Z

I urge you to invoke the words Mr. Reagan used to describe the defense budget, as education is best defense in securing the American dream, "defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need."

Read more: College Tuition, Education, Department of Education, Scott Walker, Ronald Reagan, Charter Schools, For-Profit Colleges, Education News

Public v. Charter: Who Really Has More Administrative Bloat?

2012-04-10T16:24:36Z

Public schools are often criticized and scrutinized for perceived administrative bloat, tied to concerns that those sitting behind desks in district o...

Read more: Public School Spending, Public Schools, Michigan Charter Schools, Michigan Schools, Video, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Education Budget, Charter Schools, School Spending, Charter School Spending, Education News

Elaine Weiss: Back to the Basics, Indeed: A Brief Overview of Education Research

2012-04-10T15:17:25Z

There is more than enough heated rhetoric about "evidence-based" initiatives in education. Turn down the burners, however, and the research appears quite a bit clearer.

Read more: Education, Early Childhood Education, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Health Care, Afterschool Programs, Education Reform, Education News

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Continuing the Fight for Charter Schools in Mississippi

2012-04-04T15:26:28Z

Mississippi's educational system has reached a turning point, a time when things seem at their most dire, and yet many appear to simply sit idly by and do nothing.

Read more: Gray Tollison, Education, Education Reform, Chuck Espy, Charter Schools, Mississippi Education, Phil Bryant Mississippi Governor, Education News

Evan Bailyn: Imagining the Ideal School

2012-03-30T16:23:13Z

By treating students as respected individuals rather than products in an assembly line, we could allow them to believe in themselves and value their education.

Read more: Public Schools, Elementary School, Education, Education Reform, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Kids, Charter Schools, Education 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...

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Should CA Extend Free Meals To Charter Schools?

2012-03-28T12:59:37Z

Story comes courtesy of California Watch.

By Bernice Yeung

At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student bod...

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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...

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Dan Cardinali: Partnerships Have the Power to Transform Schools

2012-03-15T18:40:06Z

Over the years, I have visited hundreds of schools serving poor communities and have long concluded that regardless of how challenging a school is, extraordinary principals and teachers can utterly transcend such challenges and create a powerful and successful learning environment.

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John Merrow: Drowning in a Rising Tide of...

2012-03-07T13:34:37Z

The real problem is not the Constitution's limits on the federal role in education. For all its talk of public education as 'the civil rights issue of our time," this Administration, like the one before it, simply does not have a powerful vision of what genuine education might be.

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Study: Minority Students Face Harsher Discipline, Fewer Options

2012-03-06T13:43:23Z

In Chicago public schools, black students receive harsher punishments for in-school infractions than white students, a fact that mirrors a nationwide ...

Read more: School Discipline, Education News, Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Students, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, Discipline Gap, Cps, School Discipline Chicago, Chicago News

Tim King: Grading Schools, Failing Schools

2012-03-06T11:37:46Z

Closing schools is a decision with far-reaching consequences that shouldn't be undertaken for the credibility of any particular movement, but only as a final measure in support of undeserved students.

Read more: KIPP Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, Urban Prep, Operation Push, Standardized Testing, Jesse Jackson, Nclb, Chicago Teachers Union, Act Test, School Closings, Rahm Emanuel, Education News