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Obama, Korea and American Schools

Alan Singer | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Joel Klein, South Korea Schools, Obama South Korea, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, South Korea, Michael Bloomberg, New York News

Our children can become the world's greatest experts on test taking, but that will not stop businesses from shipping jobs overseas to India, China and South Korea, where standards of living are lower.

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Sesame Workshop-Google Education Forum Live -- How Can We Change the System?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: James-Bennet, Joel Klein, Education, Linda Darling-Hammond, Education Reform, Creative Commons, Sesame Workshop, Google, Sergey Brin, Impact News

Watch the education forum here. We have a powerhouse panel including the Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, Stanford Professor Linda Darling Hammond, and NYC Chancellor Joel Klein.

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"Leave Them Back!"

Alan Singer | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: New-York-City-Economy, New York City Department of Education, New York City Unemployment, Joel Klein, School Reform, New York Schools, Education Reform, Social Promotion, Rand Corporation, New York News

Social promotion was never a big problem. Politicians, including both Thompson and Mayor Moneybags, created an unnecessary furor and stigmatized a tiny fraction of the student population.

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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

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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Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee

Dan Brown | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Rhee's mislaid battle of gutting the union and purging veteran teachers will leave an experience and institutional knowledge vacuum that no quantity of super-caffeinated 22-year-old Yalies can remake.

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Why Joel Klein Should Be Fired

William C. Thompson, Jr. | Posted 08.29.2009 | New York

Read More: William Thompson Jr, New York, New York City, NYC Comptroller, Joel Klein, William C Thompson, William Thompson, William C Thompson Jr, Schools Chancellor, New York News

The stakes are too high to fail. If we are to address the education challenges confronting our children, we must have an educator at the helm of our school system again.

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Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tyranny, Arne Duncan, Chicago, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Propaganda, Mayoral Control, Democracy, Failure, Education Reform, New York, Politics News

School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?

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What Frank McCourt Could Teach Joel Klein and Arne Duncan

Leonie Haimson | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Quality Teaching, Joel Klein, Teacher Man, Class Size, Arne Duncan, Professionalism, Frank Mccourt, New York News

He also went on at some length about how elected officials and top administrators never listen to teachers, but unfortunately by that time, all of those who had been there, including Joel Klein, had left the room.

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Mayor Bloomberg Retains Control Of NYC's Public Schools

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg Control City Schools, Bloomberg Control City Schools Albany, Albany, Bloomberg Public Schools Legislature, Bloomberg Public Schools, Bloomberg Public Schools Paterson, Board of Education, Joel Klein, New York News

New York City's hastily appointed seven-member Board of Education has voted to reappoint Schools Chancellor Joel Klein with full authority to run the...

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Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: State Senate, Besty Carter, Nora Ephron, Chuck Schume, Joel Klein, Sheryl Mccarthy, Governor David Paterson, Alfred Gingold, New York, Peter Mehlman, Lenore Skenazy, Charles Schumer, Clara Hemphill, Frank Serpico, Huffington Post, Huffington Post New York, Ellis Henican, Ron Kuby, New York News

Once again today all eyes will turn to Albany and we'll be bringing you every new, exciting moment of dysfunction. And please, check out our bloggers

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School Closings, Race, and Movement Politics

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joel Klein, Race Politics, Al Sharpton, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Politics News

The last re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (called No Child Left Behind) was an attempt to close these gaps, but the status quo protects bad schools and bad teachers.

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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

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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NYC's Joel Klein Putting Children First

Lanny Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, Teacher Union, Education, No Child Left Behind, Joel Klein, Nyc-Education, NYC Education, Politics News

Joel Klein has relied on three principles: developing public school leadership, incentives for teacher quality, and accountability. His approach has produced some demonstrable progress.

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Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

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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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Teacher Rx: The Perfect Storm For Reform

Rev. Al Sharpton and Joel Klein | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Al Sharpton, Education, Economic Stimulus Package, No Child Left Behind, Tenure, Race to the Top, Merit Pay, Joel Klein, Obama Administration, Bill Gates, Schools, Teachers, Students, Politics News

Transforming the teaching profession into a merit-based system is an obvious first step toward reducing educational inequality.

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Michelle Rhee Threatens End-Run Around Teachers' Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Richard Kahlenberg, American Federation of Teachers, Washington Teachers Union, Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE), No Child Left Behind, Joel Klein, Teach for America, Adrian M. Fenty, d.c. Teaching Fellows Program, Create, Politics News

Michelle Rhee, education chancellor of the District of Columbia -- in charge of the worst performing public school system in the nation -- has laid do...

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Obama's "Way-to-Go, Brownie!" Moment?

Greg Palast | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

You'd think the studious Senator from Illinois would avoid repeating the Bush regime's horror show of unqualified appointments, of picking politicos over professionals. But here we go again.

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"You're Either With Us or You're With the Status Quo": Privatization Supporters Push Obama to Pick Their Kind of Education Secretary

Dan Brown | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Wrap your arms around the testing mania of Joel Klein, or you're soft on accountability. Embrace Michelle Rhee's nuclear approach to administering schools, or you're a status quo-hugging wuss.

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David Brooks Made Me Wring My Hands: Obama and His Education Secretary Pick

Dan Brown | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

In his most recent op-ed, David Brooks offers Americans a false choice between two distinct camps of education interests. Here's hoping our new president will sweep aside that brand of discourse.

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The Looming Battle on Education Reform

David Whitman | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Joel Klein, School Reform, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Obama and Schools, Education Equality Project, Broader Bolder Alliance, Achievement Gap, Home News

Narrowing the racial achievement gap remains one of Barack Obama's top priorities, even in the midst of the nation's economic crisis. Yet for all of t...

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Obama's Cabinet Candidates: Harvard Rules and Wisdom Wanes

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joel Klein, Obama Cabinet, Larry Summers, Barack Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Economic Team, Politics News

Because Obama is himself reflective, people conclude he can afford to surround himself with reckless brilliance. Not. He needs cabinet officers who are equally apt judges of people and policy.

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A Secretary Who Matters

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

At the critical point where young people should be connecting with college and 21st century careers, we rely on an outdated education system that evolved in the 1970s.

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Obama's Secretary Of Education: Joel Klein?

Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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***Check Back For Updates! For the latest news on the Obama cabinet, visit the Huffpo's Obama Cabinet Big News Page!*** Joel Klein, Chancellor of Ne...

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An Anonymous Blogger Superhero is Unmasked!

Dan Brown | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: New York City Public Schools, Jennifer Jennings, New York Sun, Ed Week, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Education Reform, Education Week, Elizabeth Green, Blogging, Eduwonkette, Media News

In the past year, the national discussion on education has been elevated and informed by an anonymous blogger known as Eduwonkette. Her daily updated ...

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Exporting NYC's Education "Miracle": Buyer Beware!

Dan Brown | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, John McCain, New York Sun, Michael Bloomberg, Achievement Gap, Bloomberg, Joel Klein, High-Stakes Testing, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Green, Politics News

Since his election in 2001, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made narrowing the white-minority achievement gap in New York City his signature issue. After ...

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