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You Can't Say "Sorry" When Millions Die from Your Mistake

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Climate Change, Hannity, Renewable Energy, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Limbaugh, Bachmann, Department of Education, Health Care Reform, H1N1 Vaccine, Infant Mortality, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Cheney castigates President Obama for "dithering" because the president does not rush into sending young men and women to their deaths for no reason. Yet to dither on climate change is divine.

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Do the Right Thing: NCLB and High Standards

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Standards, Schools, Nclb, Politics News
Eric Tipler

No Child Left Behind is fading from policy discussions, but it continues to shape daily life in schools in a very negative way. Capitol Hill should not forget about the law. Teachers certainly haven't.

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Education Reform: Obama Administration Calls For "Revolutionary" Overhaul

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teacher Prep Programs, Department of Education, Obama Teacher Programs, Arne Duncan Education Reform, Obama Education Reform, President Obama, Arne Duncan Education Overhaul, Arne Duncan, Obama Education Overhaul, Duncan Teacher Programs, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a ...

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Kevin Jennings Is Highly Qualified for His Job

Joan Garry | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Department of Education, Glsen, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Kevin Jennings, Enda, Safe Schools, Politics News
Joan Garry

Republicans in Congress are trying to get the Assistant Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education fired based on his sexual orientation. And that should enrage everyone.

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What's Wrong With Our Schools? Part II

Jenifer Fox | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Your Child's Strengths, Department of Education, Jenifer Fox, Teaching Controversy, Homeschooling, School Reform, Teachers Unions, Arne Duncan, Strengths, Schools, Parenting, Teachers, Education Reform, Eduation, Living News
Jenifer Fox

True teaching talent reveals itself when the teacher struggles to engage students in the process, when he refuses to give up until he finds a way to bring about understanding and competence in the student.

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Crimes Against the Soul of America

Caroline Myss | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Department of Education, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Dumbing Down, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Obama Address to Students, Democrats, Republicans, Caroline Myss, Living News
Caroline Myss

The soul of America is exhausted, wounded, mistrusting, suspicious, fearful -- and compromised. This is not a soul that can rebuild a country.

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Pawlenty Sides With Extremists On Obama "Back-To-School" Address

Minnesota Star Tribune | Rachel E. Stassen-Berger | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama School Address, Tim Pawlenty, Department of Education, Minnesota, President Obama, Politics News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty today gave his support to parents and schools wary about showing President Obama's televised back-to-school address in cla...

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"Negro" Used On School Form

Miami Herald | Patricia Mazzei | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Department of Education, Florida Department of Education, Jim Notter, Florida, Race, Broward County, Deerfield Beach High School, Politics News

Faced with complaints from parents and students about racial insensitivity, state and local education officials have dropped the word negro from a rac...

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Clueless: The Dept. of Education Fails Again

Dennis Danziger | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Test Scores, Teacher Evaluations, Department of Education, California, President Obama, California-Education, Barack Obama Education Policy, Teaching-Methods, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

I'm a public high school teacher, and when I voted for Barack Obama I thought I was voting for change. Turns out, as far as education goes, I voted for Bush Lite.

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Obama Education Plan: $4 Billion Proposed, Will Be Used To Pressure Schools For Reforms

The Washington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Education, Education, Charter Schools, President Obama, Race to the Top, Arne Duncan, Obama, Education Reform, Education Funding, Education Secretary, Politics News

President Obama is leaning hard on the nation's schools, using the promise of more than $4 billion in federal aid -- and the threat of withholding it ...

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With Albany AWOL, City Faces New Reality on School Governance

Scott Stringer | Posted 07.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Department of Education, Public Schools, Scott Stringer, New York City Public Schools, New York City, New York, New York News
Scott Stringer

New York City's public school students can be forgiven if they're not impressed by the work of their government.

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In Defense of iSchools

Joel Klein | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Department of Education, Nyc DOE, New York Public Schools, Technology in Education, Nyc21c, NYC Schools, Ischool, New York News
Joel Klein

The iSchool, a new high school in SoHo that incorporates technology into everyday learning, encourages students to take an active role in their own education and go beyond what they find in a textbook.

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ETS and Dept. of Education Cite Lack of Parental Support in Gap Study

Mike Smith | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Education, Department of Education, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Civil Rights, Clinton Administration, Politics News
Mike Smith

ETS' first report sent shock waves through the educational system citing biological, cultural and even language skills factors in the gap between minority and white students on standardized tests like the AP and SAT.

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Part I - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Wynton Marsalis, Barack Obama, Arts Education, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Inspired by countless examples of the vital importance of the arts in shaping young lives, I have made my way into rooms with some of the country's foremost arts educators and arts education advocates.

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Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Spanish Harlem, Roosevelt Island, COBRA Legislation, Mike Bloomberg, Disabled, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Jewish Progressive, Albany, Transgender, Gay, Jonathan Bing, Rainbow Flag, United Federation of Teachers, Bisexual, Micah Kellner, Millionaires’ Tax, Talking Points Memo, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Education, www.micahkellner.net, Gay Agenda, Harvey Milk, LGBT Seniors, New York City, Daily Beast, Carolyn Maloney, Gay Marriage, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Lesbian, Harlem, New York Post, Bill Thompson, Joel Klein, New York Times, Peter Grannis, The Mayor of Castro Street, New York State Assembly, Huffington Post, Chuck Schumer, New York University, Wheelchair-Accessible, New York, Politics News
Jim Luce

Handsome, dedicated, and driven, Micah is the disabled with cerebral palsy, Jewish progressive, openly bisexual, who represents a swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

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Bush Department of Education Can't Write

William Klein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

Read More: College Students, Photos, Bush Administration, Education, Department of Education, Buses, Advertising, Media News
William Klein

Observed on a Washington, D.C. bus: this ad from the outgoing Department of Education, promoting the value of a college degree.

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Welcoming An Education Secretary Who Champions Safe Schools

Steve Ralls | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, LGBT Issues, Department of Education, Pflag, Chicago Public Schools, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Oabama, Safe Schools, Gay Students, Politics News
Steve Ralls

After eight years of policy that has left too many children -- especially LGBT children -- behind, a Duncan era could signal the first real opportunity for concerned parents to have a seat at the table.

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Looking Deeper Into Obama Education Pick's Accomplishments

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan, Education, Obama, Teachers, Schools, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Education, Rod Paige, Duncan, Chicago News
Alexander Russo

Like Bush's Education Secretary pick Rod Paige, Arne Duncan comes from a big city with a success story that the national press failed to figure out was mostly a mirage.

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Arne Duncan Touted For Top Education Job By Current Secretary

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Mayor Daley, Margaret Spellings, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Education Secretary, Richard Daley, Education Secretary, Chicago News

Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan is a "visionary" school leader who would make a "great choice" as the new U.S. Education Secretary, incumbent Secretar...

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Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Obama Transition, Chicago Labor Unions, Obama, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Obama Administration, Rod Paige, Obama Education Secretary, Barack Obama, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, Obama's Cabinet, u.s. Department of Education, Cps, Chicago News
Alexander Russo

Should Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan go to Washington if he's asked to head the U.S. Department of Education, or should he stay in town?

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Let's Get Creative: Why Not Ask Bill Gates to be Secretary of Education?

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Department of Education, Secretary of Education, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Bill Gates is not considered partisan nor ideological nor beholden to any interest group, so it would difficult to deny his proposals by raising suspicions on any of those grounds.

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Candidates Agree On Education Goals, Differ On Path To Get There

Richard Riehl | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Department of Education, Education, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, Homeschooling, Head Start, Election 2008, Accountability, Barack Obama, John McCain, Parental Involvement, Home News
Richard Riehl

Obama goes into great detail about how to improve schools. McCain's message is much simpler. Public schools should be just one option of many, including home schooling.

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