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The Global Search for Education: Teach All

C. M. Rubin | Posted 02.09.2013 | Home
Read More: Teacher Compensation, Education First, Teachers, C. M. Rubin, Racial Education Gap, Teach for All, Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Retention, Ban Ki-Moon, Teach for America, The Global Search for Education, Low Income Schools, Socio-Economic Education Gap, Wendy Kopp, Education Reform, Home News
C. M. Rubin

"Teach For America exists to address the incredible gaps in educational outcomes that persist along racial and socio-economic lines in our country. We believe this is the greatest civil rights issue of our generation."

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The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 -- Linda Darling-Hammond

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.28.2012 | Home
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Low-Income Schools, President Barack Obama, The Global Search for Education, The Flat World and Education, College Participation Rates, Pell Grants, Stanford University School of Education, C. M. Rubin, Charter Schools, The Education Debate 2012, Linda Darling-Hammond, School Choice, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, Education Reform, Teachers, Teacher Compensation, Election 2012, Home News
C. M. Rubin

"Investing in high-quality teaching is the centerpiece of any successful educational system. Intelligent societies understand that teaching is the profession on which all other professions depend."

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Bringing It Home

Harriet Sanford | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Education Budget Cuts, Low-Income Schools, Elementary School, Education Reform, School Rankings, Parenting, School Budget Cuts, Elementary School Teachers, Low-Income Students, Home News
Harriet Sanford

The NEA Foundation and others are harnessing the power of parents in low-income schools through a transformative way of promoting involvement: school-sponsored home visits by teachers.

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Mind the Gap

Jacob Batchelor | Posted 05.09.2012 | College
Read More: Social Mobility, Education, Public Schools Education, Occupy Walls Street, Achievement Gap Public Schools, Achievement Gap, Income Gap, Low Income Schools, College News
Jacob Batchelor

Only when we can break the achievement gap and bring even a semblance of equality to high and low-income area public schools can we truly say this country is one in which all are born with an equal chance in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.

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Returning the Favor: Learning to Love Our Parents Unconditionally

Ned Brody | Posted 04.08.2012 | Parents
Read More: Birthdays, Mothers, Mother-Child-Relationships, Howard University, Washington DC, Low Income Schools, Anacostia, Parents News
Ned Brody

My mother was more likely to break an arm chasing after us (which she did) than receive the embrace of a loving son. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my upbringing wasn't the reason my love for her came with conditions.

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