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Thousands of Kids Drop Out of High School Daily - How Are We Going to Solve the Problem?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Dropout Epidemic, Public Education, High School Dropouts, Education Policy, Google, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Almost fifty percent of students in the fifty largest American cities drop out of high school. In some cities, there is over a seventy percent drop out rate. One consequence is an increase in crime and the prison rate.

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A Test for Our Nation

Linda Darling-Hammond | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Math and Science, Obama Education, Education Policy, Education Reform, Higher Education, Schools, China, Programme for International Student Assessment, Politics News
Linda Darling-Hammond

Today, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation whose next generation is on pace to be more poorly educated than the last -- a shocking blow to the American Dream. We need a new strategy.

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Two Wands

Gov. Dick Lamm | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Minority Underachievement, Underachievement, Education, Minority Groups, Education Policy, US Census, Achievement Gap, Home News
Gov. Dick Lamm

I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification -- education, hard work, success, and ambition -- are those groups that succeed, regardless of discrimination.

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Jeb Bush On Obama: "The Guy Is On The Right Track"

ABC News | Teddy Davis | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Education Policy, Jeb Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) lavished praise on President Barack Obama's education policies on Thursday, telling ABC News that the Democrat who su...

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The School of One: The School of Tomorrow

Arthur E. Levine | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: School of One, Education, Public Education, Education Policy, Politics News
Arthur E. Levine

Today's schools are an anachronism. They resemble the assembly lines of the industrial era, when they were conceived. But the School of One turns the current model of education on its head.

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So We Can't Have Single Payer for Health Care, But How About Single Payer for Education?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Resegregation, Public Schools, Prison Industry, Education, Prison Industrial Complex, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, School Reform, Prisons, Education Reform, Nclb, Reading, School Segregation, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

To produce education reform that is reform in more than name only, we need to look past our own political backyards at what might lie on the other side of the mountain. What I see on that other side is a single-payer education system. It's simple, sensible and, above all, just.  READ MORE

Has Obama's Handling of the Bank Bailout Undermined Health Care Reform?   One of the consequences of the one-sided bailout of Wall Street is the way it has undermined public trust in government.  Much of the health care anger is a proxy for bailout anger.  If we don't learn from the botched bailout, we are in danger of getting the same reform-in-name-only outcome on health care. READ MORE

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No Person Left Behind: The Search for Meaning In Education

Alex Pattakos | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Engagement, Education Policy, Education, Health Care Reform, Publc Education, Education Reform, Meaning, Responsibility, Pattakos, Living News
Alex Pattakos

With all of the attention being paid to the health care reform, there does not appear to be much concern about reforming another massive human service system that also isn't working as well as it should. I'm talking about education reform.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, Us-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Challenges for Rick & Bobo

Robert Rose | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Novels, Education, Education Reform, Education Policy, Reading, Writing, Politics News
Robert Rose

Reading and writing are basically thinking skills. Once you learn how the symbols for the sounds look and sound, you need to know what they represent or mean.

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Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education

Diane Ravitch | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Obama, Education, Schools, No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Bush, Education Policy, Politics News
Diane Ravitch

Let me say it again: It is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. If judged solely by test scores, the only coin that the NCLB crowd understands, the law has been a dud.

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Transforming the Teaching Profession

Joel Klein | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joel Klein, Education, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Education Policy, Educators, Politics News
Joel Klein

Eliminating the racial and ethnic achievement gap in our nation's public schools is the most urgent civil rights challenge for this generation.

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Jason Linkins

Blitzer Mines Oval Office Meeting On Education Crisis For Gossip

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Education Policy, Wolf Blitzer, Media Criticism, Michael Bloomberg, Arne Duncan, Media News

Today, President Barack Obama and his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, met with Reverend Al Sharpton, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and form...

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Don't Stifle Florida's Education Innovation

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Politics, Education, Florida, Online-Education, Education Policy, Politics News
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn

Florida has been a leader in education innovation over the last decade, but one bill currently under review threatens to wipe much of that out with one misguided and foolhardy swipe.

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Children in Pain

Robert Rose | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: School Discipline, Class Management, Education Reform, Children in Pain, Education Policy, Education, Add, Children, Teaching, Living News
Robert Rose

No teacher would be insensitive to a child who was in obvious physical pain. Unfortunately, the same student in emotional pain does not get the same sympathetic or empathetic response.

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Senator Caroline Kennedy: An Inspired and Inspiring Choice

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Hillary Clinton, Education Policy, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate, Senator Caroline Kennedy, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

Caroline Kennedy would bring to Washington not just star power but a fresh, untarnished personality and a sharp, unconventional intellect.

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Pure Joy of Teaching

Robert Rose | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Education Policy, Living News
Robert Rose

When I had my At-Risk program I came in on Saturdays and taught teenage girls who were on the streets. I helped several to get back to school or to work on their GED diploma.

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Empowering Middle & High School Students

Robert Rose | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Education Reform, Education Policy, Public Schools, Kids, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Living News
Robert Rose

It is important to motivate teachers whose classes are challenged to think about what it is that they do that turn kids off. The kids can't be held totally accountable.

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The Economic Bailout Is Not Enough: The Case for Obama, Education, and the Longer View

Martin Carnoy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tuition Tax Credits, Economic Bailout, Teacher Quality, John McCain, Economic Crisis, Federal Investment Policy, Education Policy, Economic Growth, High School Dropouts, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Obama gave twelve major education speeches in this campaign and McCain only two. McCain hasn't introduced a major education initiative in his 26 years in Congress.

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Mccain Vouchers, The Hollow Men, John McCain, Vouchers, Obama McCain, Private School, Teachers Mccain, Presidential Debates, Students, Education, Mccain Education Reform, McCain Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Vouchers, T.S. Eliot, Barack Obama Education Policy, Election 2008, Teachers Obama, Campaign 2008, Public Education Mccain, Poor Schools, Redistricting Schools, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, McCain Saddleback Church Faith Forum, Under Funded Schools, Vouchers Cost Public Education, Vouchers Cost, Education Costs, Poor Students, Public Education Obama, Saddleback Education, No Child Left Behind McCain, No Child Left Behind Obama, GILF, Education Policy, Public Education Candidates Positions, Home News
Cheryl Lubin

As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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Obama and Autism

Elaine Hall | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Janet Grillo, Elaine Hall, Hope, Education Policy, Children, Sarah Pallin, Autism: The Musical, Facilitated Communication, Obama, Autism, John Mc Cain, 2008 Election, Coach E, Living News
Elaine Hall

We found that Obama speaks for all people who cannot speak. Who do not have a voice, literally and figuratively. Somehow, some way, my son with severe autism had picked up this truth.

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Your Education Policies Don't Figure: An Open Letter to John McCain

Martin Carnoy | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Vouchers, Barack Obama, Early Childhood Education, Education Policy, Teachers, Low-Income Children, John McCain, Lisa Graham Keegan, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Here is what puzzles me: none of what you and Graham Keegan claim for vouchers is based on any available evidence.

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Save The Children

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Children, Education Policy, Marriage Equality in CA, No on Prop 8, Ridiculous Scare Tactics, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Marriage Equality, Gay Parents, LGBT Families, Prop. 8, Parents, Gay Marriage, Living News
Sara Whitman

So what if kids do come home and ask about gay families? If you're really such a bigot, just spew out all the hateful things you have to say about homosexuality. See it as a teachable moment.

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Campaigns Heat Up Under the Arizona Sun

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Pro Choice, Arizona Republicans, John McCain, Education Policy, Arizona Democratic Party, Arizona State Legislature, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, Governor Janet Napolitano, Home News
Marlene H. Phillips

Under a spectacular blue Arizona sky, Governor Janet Napolitano kicked off a Democratic day of action in a small park outside of Tucson. In the shadow...

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Presidential Candidates on Early Education

Cornelia Grumman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Early Education, Education, Barack Obama, Education Policy, Head Start, Presidential Debates, Policy, John McCain, Politics News
Cornelia Grumman

The tidal wave of post-debate fact-checking ignored a subtle misunderstanding near the end of Wednesday's presidential debate. But no wonder, the issue was early education -- a forgotten stepchild of this presidential campaign.

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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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