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Education Reform

Great Responses

Alan Singer | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Joe Klein, Cupcakes, Bake-Sale-Ban, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, New York Department of Education, Middle School, Education Reform, Cupcake Ban, New York Board of Regents, New York News
Alan Singer

I've received some amazing responses emailed to me directly to my initial entries on the Huffington Post about education and life in Michael Bloomberg's New York.

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Dollars for Grades: A Feasible Solution to Our Broken Public School System?

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Incentives, Education, Education Reform, Monetary Incentives for Grades, Paying Students for Good Grades, Public Education, Public School, Living News
Halle Tecco

If we don't embrace creative and progressive thought in improving our school systems, we're going to fail all of our children.

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Time for Schwarzenegger the Action Figure to Emerge on Education

John Affeldt | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Reform, Education, Education Reform, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, School Funding, Politics News
John Affeldt

When the state that educates 1 in 8 American children is failing miserably at that task, America should care. When that state is also the 8th largest...

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Resistance Has Begun

Alan Singer | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: School Reform, New York Schools, Education Reform, Michael Bloomberg, Satire, Bake-Sale-Ban, New York News
Alan Singer

Maybe Bloomberg is trying to win the shopkeepers' vote. Or maybe Mayor Moneybags will establish cake-free zones around the schools.

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Democracy Needs Us to Speak to School Children

Daniel Frank | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: School Reform, Education, Chicago School Reform, Education Reform, Francis Wayland Parker, Francis Parker, Obama Education, Public Education, Chicago News
Daniel Frank

Colonel Francis Wayland Parker knew what President Obama knows: That advocating for public education is a patriotic and political act.

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Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Olympics 2016 and the Breakfast Club

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Arne Duncan, Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Michael Pfleger, Mayor Daley, Jody Weis, Chicago Olympics, Ron Huberman, Eric Holder, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Chicago News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

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.

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Spurring Union-Led Innovation: Public School Entrepreneurs

Randi Weingarten | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, American Federation of Teachers, Education Reform, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

When we created the Innovation Fund last year, we asked local and state affiliates to think big, think boldly and think in ways that might go beyond their usual comfort zone -- and they did.

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Eric, Arne and Chicago 2016

Charles Butler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chicago Violence, Chicago Killings, Eric Holder, School Reform, Education-Secretary-Arne-Duncan, Education Reform, School Violence, Politics News
Charles Butler

While I hate to say I told you so, however I told you so. I predicted that the Chicago 2016 Committee would lose the bid for the Olympics. My reasons...

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Power With, Power Over

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Restorative Justice, Peace Circles, Power, Derrion Albert Murder, War, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Derrion Albert's death is just another symptom of a city, a nation and a world at perpetual war with itself. It's merely one in a series of tragedies that we are numb to or never hear about.

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No Safe Passage: Little Rock to Chicago

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Human Rights, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Juvenile Justice, Chicago School Reform, South Side of Chicago, Education Reform, Race, Civil Rights, Robert Yummy Sandifer, Fenger High School, Roseland, Chicago News
Bernardine Dohrn

Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?

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Unachievable Dreams?

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Education News Colorado, School Reform, Education, Race to the Top, Denver Schools, Arne Duncan, Michael Bennet, Education Reform, Colorado Schools, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

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.

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Bizarro Bloomberg School Deform #2

Alan Singer | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: School Reform, New York City Department of Education, Tinker, Education Reform, Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Supreme Court Decisions, New York News
Alan Singer

Mayor Mike has spent millions of dollars to champion the success of his educational programs. Dissenting voices, even questions, have been drowned in the flood.

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Green Dot: Proponent of Educational Reform

Micheal McElveen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Charter Schools, Watts, Green Dot, School Reform, Los Angeles, Alain Leroy Locke High School, Education Reform, Cameron Diaz, Politics News
Micheal McElveen

After Green Dot turned my Watts, L.A. high school into a charter, I felt a sense of inspiration in witnessing and living the transformation process. I should not be the exception.

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Re-Imagining What a School Can Be

Rep. Steny Hoyer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Schools, Education, Education Reform, Steny Hoyer, Randi Weingarten, Politics News
Rep. Steny Hoyer

A century ago, American educators re-imagined what a school could be; today, we have an opportunity to do the same. In fact, it is our obligation.

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Tough Questions, No Answers

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Cesar Chavez Schools Netwok, Denver Public Schools, Charter Schools, Metropolitan State College of Denver, College Adminssions, Education Reform, Denver, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

Why are charter schools run the way they are? What about entire school districts?

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Bloomberg School Deform #1

Alan Singer | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, New York, Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Midwood High School, Education Reform, New York News
Alan Singer

No school district anywhere in the United States where the student population is overwhelmingly drawn from poor families has been "turned around."

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School's Out for...Never?

Jill Vialet | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Recess, Education, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jill Vialet

It might ultimately be the right decision to lengthen the school year. But just as the president has identified inefficiencies in our health care system, we also have inefficiencies in our education system.

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Grading the Big Tests: A Study in Madness... and a Really Good New Book

Dan Brown | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Todd Farley, Diana Senechal, No Child Left Behind, Diane Ravitch, Teachers Unions, Making the Grades, gothamschools.org, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Publc Schools, Media News
Dan Brown

In the No Child Left Behind era, every pillar of our education system rests on the presupposition that standardized tests are accurate indicators. Todd Farley helps to bring into starker focus that this is a flawed ideology.

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Should We Have More School Time? Yes -- For Kids

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Oecd, Public Schools, KIPP Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Teachers Union, Economist, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

While American students might be "underworked," American school teachers most certainly are not -- particularly for what they are being paid.

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Head Lice or Handguns: Which Concerns You More?

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Cps, Gangs, Chicago School Violence, Chicago School Reform, Guns in School, Civic-Federation, Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

Aggravated assault, gang activity, arson and gun possession. Why won't CPS release data on the number of such dangerous offenses at my children's schools?

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Study Shows How Happy Girls Can Become Happy Women

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Girls, Education, Strengths-Based, Women and Happiness, Marcus Buckingham, Strengths, Schools, Education Reform, Parenting, Life--Happienss-Coach, Happiness, Living News
Jenifer Fox

In 2007, I traveled around the country with Marcus Buckingham. After reading many of the comments from unhappy women, I can't help but wonder if they would be happier had they attended a girls' school.

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What's Wrong With Our Schools? Part II

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.23.2009 | 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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What's Wrong With Our Schools?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Children's Health, Learning, Living News
Jenifer Fox

We teach the same topics in our schools today that we taught over one hundred years ago. Where did these subjects come from? How did we choose what to teach?

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The Chicago Public School Teacher's Husband

David Murray | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Henry Horner Homes, Lake Street El, Poverty, Chicago Public Schools, There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, Oak Park, Teacher, Education, Education Reform, Public Schools, Inner City, Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Chicago News
David Murray

Our troubles had begun when my wife Kirsten took the job teaching art, K-8, at a West Side elementary school. Then came the informal adoptions.

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Bill Cosby on Harlem Village Academies: I'm Jumping (Video)

Tiki Barber | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Education, Msnbc, Harlem Village Academies, Charter Schools, New York City, Bill Cosby, Non-Profits, Education Reform, Tiki Barber, Deborah Kenny, New York News
Tiki Barber

Cosby talked exuberantly about Harlem Village Academies as a model for the nation on MSNBC.

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