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McCain's Education Plan is Scary as Hell

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dan Brown

Reforming America's inadequate public school system--a crucial priority for our country's future-- should not be undertaken with a failed ideology. Th...

Candidates Agree On Education Goals, Differ On Path To Get There

Richard Riehl | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Richard Riehl

Obama goes into great detail about how to improve schools. McCain's message is much simpler. Public schools should be just one option of many, including home schooling.

Education and the Election: A Crucial Constituency Raises its Voice

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dan Brown

When parents organize, it's hard to ignore. Chicago-based Parents United for Responsible Education and New York City-based Class Size Matters have jum...

Action: House to Vote on No Child Left Inside Act Next Week

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Josh Nelson

That's right, we're expecting a vote as early as Tuesday September 9th. This is a huge leap forward for the environmental education movement. Not f...

Virtual Learning Hits Campaign Trail

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn

With McCain's ideas on education, we finally have something new that can move us beyond the tired debates around No Child Left Behind. McCain supports virtual learning -- to the tune of $1 billion a year.

McCain Takes Advantage Of Dems' Divide On Education

Alexander Russo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Alexander Russo

For years now, there has been a deep internal tension between two education groups. To put pressure on the candidates, both factions decided to roll out dueling manifestos during the same week in June.

McCain and Obama's Education Policies: Nine Things You need to Know

Martin Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Martin Carnoy

While education policy may not be the key deciding point for most voters, at least you'll know what the candidates propose on this important issue.

Illuminating Public Schools' Possibilities: "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way"

Dan Brown | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dan Brown

What happens when a teacher decides to disregard the canned standards and the stacks of test prep materials? Do the students wallow in ignorance, cheated out of a proper education by an "activist" teacher?

HBO Raises the Bar Again With Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dan Brown

Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are too smart to offer up any magic bullets. Their fascinating documentary puts viewers inside Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School for a full school year.

Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dan Brown

Last week in Colorado, Barack Obama gave a truly incisive speech on improving education in America.

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

Bill Clinton: Fix Bush Education Law

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

TEMPE, Ariz. — Former President Clinton said that if his wife is elected president she would radically change the "No Child Left Behind Act," wh...

Progressive Leader Feingold Split Over Clinton, Obama

Post Crescent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Sen. Russ Feingold has a plan. Getting ready to head back to Washington as Congress is about to resume, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin has comp...

FCC Proceeds With "No Child Left Behind" Fines

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

The Federal Communications Commission issued its first fines for a station airing Armstrong Williams' Department of Education-paid-for plugs for its "...

Bush Defends No Child Left Behind: "Childrens Do Learn"

Washington Post | Peter Baker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

"The No Child Left Behind Act is working," Bush said with first lady Laura Bush, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, New York Mayor Michael R. Blo...