Our education problem starts at the very beginning of the process: in the preschool years. Sadly, despite being one of the most powerful countries in the world, we do not have a unified preschool curriculum.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 12.06.2009 | Business
The U.S. tax code is a cruel joke. The simple answer is to scrap the code completely and replace it with a sliding scale of tax on everyone, with no exceptions, no special interest groups, no trust funds to protect the rich.
Rod Shrader | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago
As a teacher in the College of Business Administration at UIC , I keep my eye on a special type of leading indicator, the attitude of the young people in my classes about their job prospects.
Rachel Simmons | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
Sitting in a sea of girls twittering and swooning at the phenomenal acting skills of Taylor Lautner's torso, I began to wonder how we could talk to girls about this film.
Tove Hermanson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Style
If unusual or gender bending clothes cause a dreaded disruption in class, banning the clothes is still not going to address the core problem: that gayness is considered an undesirable aberration.
Will Schwartz | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York
There's a good chance we're on the verge of entering a new financial era in New York State. An era that will be defined by the cutting, gutting, and slashing of our social services.
cnn.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
Most college students expect to receive their diplomas on the basis of grades, but at a Pennsylvania school, physical fitness matters too....
Alan Singer | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York
Brian (or Amir, or Jose, his name does not really make a difference) failed the 9th grade math level one Regents. The mayor says, "Fire the teacher!"
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living
Education isn't just 'about the kids'. It's also about the teachers who inspire, the parents who go well above and beyond the call of duty, and the whole community that supports its' future generations.
Dan Brown | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
High-stakes testing is a bullet train barreling through education reform; you're either on the train, on the sidelines, or waving your hands in franti...
Chris Prevatt | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
Watch 11-year-old Ethan tell the president about the horrific cuts to public education and how war in Afghanistan will drain resources away from investing in America's children.
Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact
Ten years ago my student, went off to Princeton with a goal of working on Wall Street. It took only one summer of Wall Street work for him to realize that was not where he wanted to spend his life.
Payam Zamani | Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact
On a recent trip to Haiti, I had the chance to observe how integral education is to the transformation of this ungoverned and shamelessly neglected country.
Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.05.2009 | Technology
The onslaught of new technologies -- cell phones, video games, social networking sites, the Wikipediazation of information, the reach of YouTube and Skype, you name it -- have ushered a seismic shift in education: how our kids learn, how our teachers teach, how curriculum is shaped and presented, how individual students, powered by technology, process and experience what they're learning.
Nahal Zamani | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Friday, November 20, marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children's rights.
Ruth Sherman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business
As Goldman Sachs may be discovering, belatedly and to its chagrin, image matters. Perception is reality. Therefore, if we want business and government to do better by us, we need more arts education, not less.
Pat Earley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business
Employers must seriously consider the deficiencies in today's workforce and begin to develop solutions to better improve our educational system, create new incentives to attract tomorrow's workers, and stay competitive in a global marketplace.
David Segal | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
No education reform is comprehensive that does not entail progressive taxation, a stronger labor movement, and environmental and social justice more broadly.
Eric Tipler | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Earlier this month, the Ford Foundation announced it was giving $100 million to improve urban schools, a fantastic announcement that the Journal lambasted with a misleading editorial.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.19.2009 | Los Angeles
I'm proud to announce a down payment of over $4 million dollars to start putting Angelenos who dropped out of high school back to work.
Bill Jackson | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
The current flurry of activity at the federal level could lead people to (mistakenly) believe that the government is responsible for education success in America, not parents and (gasp!) local school boards.
Anna Barber | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books
Self-publishing is growing because people need to construct our stories and share them with the world. And none of us enjoys making up a story more than a kid does
Michael Roth | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
Liberal arts colleges and universities promote community, and their educational offerings resist premature specialization. But how relevant are these schools today?
Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
Lionsgate's new release, "Precious," is a powerful film that centers around the transformative journey of 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones. The ...
Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago
Getting unions to prioritize compensation and not the strictures that constrain schools would require a tectonic shift in their priorities, but precedent for such reformed advocacy does exist.
Larry Balaban | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living