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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

Michael McAfee: The Lesson We Can Learn From 'The Hunger Games'

2012-03-27T13:37:00Z

If we don't prepare all of our children today to be the leaders of tomorrow, our entire economy will suffer. We cannot be indifferent to those held back most by the painful inequality in our country; if we are, it will be the downfall of this great nation.

Read more: Latinos, Education, Hunger, Poverty, Promise Neighborhoods, Harlem Children's Zone, The Hunger Games, African Americans, Gulfton, Spring-Into-Action, Impact News

Morna Murray: Is Poverty Not "Sexy" Enough?

2011-08-30T16:11:05Z

One in five children now lives in poverty, up from 17% in 2000. This is an increase of 2.4 million children. These are not just statistics. They are real children, waking up hungry and suffering.

Read more: Early Childhood Development, First Focus, Race-to-the-Top-Early-Learning-Challenge, Harlem Children's Zone, Congress, Promise Neighborhoods, Child Poverty, Kids Count, Childhood Poverty, Impact News

Rajaratnam's Unlikely Defender

2011-04-12T13:52:15Z

NEW YORK (Grant McCool) - Hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam hopes a "Superman" will be able to help him win over the jury at his insider trading t...

Read more: Fraud, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Fund Managers, Character Witness, Fbi, Harlem Children's Zone, Superman, Galleon Group, Bill Gates, Geoffrey Canada, Business News

Elizabeth Hampton: Meaningful Education Reform Needs Parents

2011-03-22T14:50:09Z

Without support and buy-in from the school community, i.e. teachers, parents, and students, these turnaround initiatives are nothing more than a well-intentioned rearrangement of furniture.

Read more: School Improvement Grants, Student-Accountability, Education Policy, Teacher Accountability, Turnaround Schools, Harlem Children's Zone, Accountability, Parents, Education Reform, Education News

Geoffrey Canada On Harlem Children Zone's Ripple Effect

2011-03-24T18:19:45Z

Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children's Zone CEO, sat down with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night to talk about how his efforts to give back to Harlem child-by-ch...

Read more: Video, Obama Education, Harlem Children's Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, Education Reform, Geoffrey Canada, Jimmy Fallon, Education News

Shirley Sagawa: What George Will Got Right About Teach for America -- and What He Got Wrong

2011-03-14T15:07:46Z

The work that Teach For America does to supply these transformational classroom leaders has made reform possible in places written off by many in the education field.

Read more: Habitat for Humanity, Harlem Children's Zone, Social Innovation, Teach for America, Earmarks, Americorps, Education News

Justin Snider: Rock Star Superintendents: Are They Overpaid?

2011-03-06T10:22:12Z

They command six-figure salaries. No, we're not talking rock stars, pro athletes or even pro coaches. We're talking school superintendents.

Read more: New York City Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Paul Vallas, Chris Christie, Superintendents, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, Andrew Cuomo, Fordham Institute, Shael Polakow-Suransky, Joel Klein, Ron Huberman, Executive Compensation, Superintendent Salaries, Teachers, Education News

How A 73-Year-Old Author Became A Hero Of Young Readers

2011-03-04T15:02:07Z

NEW YORK — It began as a competition between sixth-grader Jailen Swinney and a friend: Who could read a book faster?

But after finishing Walter...

Read more: Literature, Harlem Children's Zone, Literacy, Walter Dean Myers, Reading, Books, Education News

Sue Peters: Why I Am Not A Defender Of The 'Status Quo' In Education

2011-02-04T10:11:47Z

The current crowd of education reformers like to dismiss any of us who disagree with their agenda as "defenders of the status quo." Nothing could be further from the truth.

Read more: Michelle Rhee, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, KIPP Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Charter Schools, Diane Ravitch, Merit Pay, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Teach for America, Status Quo, Parents Across America, Race to the Top, Education News

Washington DC's 'Promise Neighborhood' Makes School Reform A Community Concern

2011-01-18T22:09:38Z

This time last year, the Parkside-Kenilworth area in Washington D.C. mirrored struggling communities across the United States -- low-performing schoo...

Read more: Philanthropy, Education, Department of Education, Public Education Reform, Irasema Salcido, Obama Reform, u.s. Department of Education, Washington DC, Promise Neighborhoods, Harlem Children's Zone, Gregory Rhett, Obama, Education Reform, Video, Education News

Matt Farmer: A Fan's Notes (The Sequel)

2011-01-08T15:51:26Z

Salazar and Locke should definitely take a page from the playbook of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. As the guy who once ran Chicago's schools, Duncan knows we're a nation of dummies.

Read more: Michelle Rhee, Gary Locke, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Charter Schools, National-Board-Certification, Joel Klein, Cps, Harlem Children's Zone, Ken Salazar, John Dewey, Teach for America, Geoffrey Canada, Chicago, Education News

Was Cathie Black Bloomberg's SECOND Choice? (UPDATED)

2010-12-10T10:21:23Z

UPDATE: Cathie Black says she was Mayor Bloomberg's first pick for schools chancellor.

"What he said to me is, 'You're the first person I've offered ...

Read more: Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Waiting for Superman, Harlem Children's Zone, Cathie Black, Geoffrey Canada, Mayor Bloomberg, Video, New York News

HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone

2010-12-02T14:23:56Z

America is facing an educational crisis. As the president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, no one knows that better than Geoffrey Canada. Geoffr...

Read more: Harlem, Waiting for Superman, Education, Geoff Canada, Educational Reform, Ny Impact, Greatest Person of the Day, Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, New York, Video, Impact News

Dan Collins: Giving Thanks in New York

2010-11-23T12:28:29Z

Let's face it, when you count your blessings this year the first thing that springs to mind is not going to be the New York state legislature. Still, there's lots in New York to give thanks for.

Read more: Joe Bruno, Andrew Cuomo, Governor David Paterson, Ground Zero Settlement, Hiram Monserrate, Hank Morris, Thanksgiving, Harlem Children's Zone, Pedro Espada, Geoffrey Canada, Alan Hevesi, Carl Paladino, Judge Jed Rakoff, Thanksgiving 2010, New York News

Elizabeth Hampton: When Walking to School Is Unsafe

2010-11-19T17:44:44Z

No child should feel unsafe on their walk to school. If we are to turn around struggling schools, we owe this issue a bit of attention. Our children's lives and futures depend on it.

Read more: Violence-in-Schools, High School, Promise Neighborhoods, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Policy, Urban Education, Gang Violence, Education News

John Merrow: The Lottery: Charter Schools in Harlem (VIDEO)

2010-11-03T13:17:04Z

The Lottery is not a poor cousin of Waiting for 'Superman'. In some respects it's a purer and more honest film, ferocious in its anger.

Read more: Movie Reviews, Harlem, Learning Matters, Education, Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, John Merrow, Eva Moskowitz, The Lottery, Harlem Children's Zone, Madeleine Sackler, Schools, Education News

Geoffrey Canada: "We Better Educate All These Kids And Put Them To Work" (ORIGINAL VIDEO)

2010-11-01T11:05:39Z

Geoffrey Canada gave a moving speech at The Huffington Post's 2010 Game Changers celebration at Skylight Studios in Soho on Thursday night. Canada, wh...

Read more: Harlem Children's Zone, Video, Geoffrey Canada, Game Changers, Education News

Brian Jones: A Land Grab Up in Harlem: Charter School vs. Green Space

2010-10-27T01:27:29Z

Thousands in Harlem are about to lose their green space to the construction of yet another charter school.

Read more: Harlem, Harlem Children's Zone, Public Housing, Geoffrey Canada, Charter Schools, Education News

Sue Peters: The Doublespeak of Ed Reform

2010-10-25T16:00:04Z

I can't help but wonder if it isn't an intentional Catch 22 that some people are trying to trap our public schools in: setting them up to fail, making it impossible for them to be creative or independent.

Read more: Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Seattle Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Education Nation, Charter Schools, Broad Foundation, Green Dot, Education Reform, Harlem Children's Zone, Wendy Kopp, Teach for America, Race to the Top, Gates Foundation, Waiting for Superman, Education News

Tom Murphy: Shifting Education's Roots (VIDEO)

2010-10-20T19:07:16Z

At the moment, it is fair to say that the jury is still out on the Harlem Children's Zone. There are things that they do well, but it is not a resounding success as media, such as Waiting for 'Superman', will lead us to believe.

Read more: Education, Sir Ken Robinson, Nyt, The New York Times, New York Times, Harlem Children's Zone, Sharon-Otterman, Education Reform, Geoffrey Canada, Rsanimate, Education News

Justin Snider: Education Insiders: No Lasting Impact of "Waiting for 'Superman' "

2010-10-19T01:18:54Z

There's no silver bullet that will magically (and quickly) cure all of our educational woes. Real reform, which is to say meaningful and lasting reform, happens incrementally much of the time.

Read more: Errol St. Clair Smith, Jay Mathews, BAM Radio Network, Waiting for Superman, Valerie Strauss, Arne Duncan, Charter Schools, Diane Ravitch, Davis Guggenheim, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Geoffrey Canada, Barack Obama, Education News

Kate Fridkis: Home-Schoolers Might not be so Weird After All

2010-10-15T01:09:23Z

The stereotype of the cowering, twitchy home-schooler who wears his T-shirts tucked far, far into his too-blue jeans and never really learned how to shake someone's hand and say, "Hi, nice to meet you," is getting old.

Read more: Alternative Education, Education, Waiting for Superman, Todayshow, Geoffrey Canada, Home-Schooling, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Malcolm Gladwell, School, The Today Show, Education News

David E. Thigpen: Superman is in the House

2010-10-14T06:17:47Z

Superman is not a teacher, not a charter school, not a principal, superintendent or a mayor. He is all of us -- students, teachers, principals, parents, communities, businesses and government.

Read more: Harlem Children's Zone, Waiting for Superman, Geoffrey Canada, Chicago Education, Chicago, Education News

Critics: How Do We Know Harlem Children's Zone Is Working?

2010-10-12T15:31:57Z

President Obama created a grant program to copy his block-by-block approach to ending poverty. The British government praised his charter schools as a...

Read more: Harlem Schools, Harlem Children's Zone, KIPP Charter Schools, Geoffrey Canada, Charter Schools, Education News