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New Video Game-Themed High School Program May Be A Hard Sell

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Computer Programming, Stem, Florida Schools, Graphic Design, Video Game-Themed School, Miami Dade, Career and Technical Education, Video, Magnet Schools, Cte, Technology Education, Science Technology Engineering Math Education, STEM Education, Video Games in School, Video Games, Miami Dade County Schools, Education News

Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework. A new magnet program at M...

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Helping Kids Whose "Brains Are on Fire"

Tom Allon | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Speyer Legacy School, Education Reform, Ny Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Gifted and Talented Programs, Magnet Schools, New York Education, Gifted Education, New York News
Tom Allon

The minds we waste each day in substandard public education could be the next Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Our children can't wait.

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Magnet Schools Are an Important Option for LAUSD

Gary Orfield | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Cultural Diversity, Economic Diversity, Lausd, Education Reform, Magnet Schools, Public Education Reform, Middle Class, Los Angeles, Education News
Gary Orfield

We need to make sure that students from all parts of the city have the right to participate in this important alternative, which is one of the only real paths to college, particularly for disadvantaged students, that's left in the City of Los Angeles.

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Why Getting Into A Good School Is Hard For A "Poor Black Kid"

Whitney Muse | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Philadelphia Public Schools, Education, Poverty, Magnet Schools, Postbourgie, Forbes Magazine, Gene Banks, Philadelphia, Black Voices News
Whitney Muse

Gene Banks's widely derided "If I Was A Poor Black Kid" column oversimplifies a lot -- including how hard it is to get into Philly's best schools.

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WATCH: Magnet School Told 'Your School Isn't White Enough'

Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Jim Crow, Video, Magnet Schools, Segregation, Charter Schools, Department of Justice, Integration, Access to Education, Civil Rights, Minorities, Education News

The debate over segregation continues at one of the nation's top schools after the principal received the following message: integrate or lose funding...

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Killing Me Softly: The Slow Steady Demise of New York's Great High Schools

Marc Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ny Department of Education, Public Schools, Nyc Public Schools, Magnet Schools, Cathie Black, Arne Duncan, Education News
Marc Epstein

The beginning of the end came, in New York, as in most other urban school systems, as a result of the unintended consequences of busing to achieve integration.

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The (Other) Palm Beach Story: Feds & States Tinkering with Education Get Unplanned Results

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida, Department of Education, Florida Educational Reform, Elementary School, Educational Funding, Palm Beach County School District, Florida Department of Education, Community Schools, Barack Obama, Florida Legislature, Palm Beach County School Board, Charlie Crist, Magnet Education, Fcat, Educational Reform, Business Week Top Public High Schools, School District of Palm Beach County, High Schools, Magnet Schools, School Accountability, Middle School, Arthur Johnson, A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Public Education, Arthur Johnson Ph.D, DROP Program, Education News
Brian Ross

WARNING: Severe Reality Curve! This cautionary tale may be unsuitable for the Obama Administration's Department of Education and state legislatures en...

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Forest Heights Academy: Baton Rouge School Finds Success Combining Art And Academics

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Art Schools, Forest Heights Academy of Excellence, Forest Heights Academy, Department of Education, Blue Ribbon Schools, Magnet Schools, Baton Rouge Schools, Video, Education News

This week, the U.S. Department of Education released a new video spotlighting the achievements of one of the nation's finest public magnet schools. Fo...

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Magnet Education Attracts Unwelcome Clash With No Child Left Behind

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Florida Republicans, Palm Beach, President Obama, West Palm Beach-Florida, President Barack Obama, Educators, Education, Teachers Unions, Obama, Teachers Union, Governor Charlie Crist, Palm Beach County School District, Florida Legislature, Palm Beach County, Charlie Crist, SB 8, Magnet Schools, Public Education Reform, Education Reform, Teachers, Public Education, Florida Republican Party, Bush Education, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush Era, Politics News
Brian Ross

OPINION - Magnet education has been a huge success in the School District of Palm Beach County (FLA). So why does their Superintendent, Art Johnson, c...

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Dear AG Holder, We Want Your Children to Fail

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Latinos, African-Americans, Attorney General Holder, Budget Cuts, Teacher Training, Lausd, Teacher Credentials, Court-Ordered Bussing, The Achievement Gap, Inner City Schools, Pink Slips, Magnet Schools, Charter Schools, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Stimulus Package, School Budgets, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

Dear Attorney General Holder, Here's what I know from having taught in big city public high schools for the past 15 years: We want your children to fail. That's the truth.

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CPS Changing Magnet Schools Admissions Policy

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magnet Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, CPS Magnet Schools, Cps, Chicago Magnet Schools, Magnet Schools Admissions Chicago, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools says it may use income rather than race to enroll students in its popular magnet schools. That's if a federal judge ends the di...

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Tinkering Around the Edges Not Enough For Failing Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Chicago School Funding, Illinois School Funding, James Meeks, Chicago Schools Funding, Whitney Young, Meeks Boycott, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Boycott, Illinois Schools, Magnet Schools, School Funding Solutions, Charter Schools, School Funding Answers, Oak Park-River Forest High School, Cps, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

While media eyes have been focused on Meeks' school boycott, another plan from the legislator/mega-church pastor has gotten little publicity: His proposal to allow kids to enroll in any school in the state, without paying tuition.

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