Obama Repeats Call For Merit Pay In Front Of Powerful Teachers Union
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that ...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that ...
Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living
Should we offer incentives to males to balance out a female-dominated profession?
Dan Brown | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
The rules of this multiple-choice game are not transferable to the greater world. Such a depersonalized system should not rule education, a wholly human institution.
Dan Brown | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics
Hillary Clinton has received the backing of the 1.4 million-strong American Federation of Teachers, the biggest union endorsement so far for any presidential candidate.
Dan Brown | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics
Edwards' plan has refreshingly raised the level of the education discussion among presidential candidates. His plan indicates he "gets it."
Alexander Russo | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics
Former American Federation of Teachers president Al Shanker may well have planted land mines in the path of school reform efforts.
Dave Riegel | Posted 08.31.2007 | Politics
The strongest arguments against merit pay are philosophical. The real debate today should be about whether the schools created under they tyranny of NCLB are the kinds of schools we want to have.
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