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Obama Education

A Test for Our Nation

Linda Darling-Hammond | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Math and Science, Obama Education, Education Policy, Education Reform, Higher Education, Schools, China, Programme for International Student Assessment, Politics News
Linda Darling-Hammond

Today, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation whose next generation is on pace to be more poorly educated than the last -- a shocking blow to the American Dream. We need a new strategy.

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Democracy Needs Us to Speak to School Children

Daniel Frank | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: School Reform, Education, Chicago School Reform, Education Reform, Francis Wayland Parker, Francis Parker, Obama Education, Public Education, Chicago News
Daniel Frank

Colonel Francis Wayland Parker knew what President Obama knows: That advocating for public education is a patriotic and political act.

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Colbert Lets 5th Grader Andy Gellman Argue Against Longer School Hours On Economic Grounds (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

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Fifth Grader Andrew Gellman took over for Stephen Colbert last night, doing the "Word" segment with the same ironic arguments and flare for the absurd...

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Teachers Criticize Obama School Reform's Reliance On Tests, Charters As "Bush III"

Washington Post | Nick Anderson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Education Policy, Obama Bush Education Policy, Obama Education Plan, Obama Education, Obama Bush, Obama Bush III, Obama Teachers, Politics News

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How to Think

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ignorance, Far Right, President Obama, Right Wing, Conservatism, Barack Obama, Education, Critical Thinking, Intelligence, Obama Speech, Conservatives, Obama Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Republican Party, Free Market Ideology, Republicans, Politics News
Terrance Heath

One of our political parties now embraces that what one believes is more important than what one knows, and is where critical thought has been banished and"facts" are founded in belief.

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Obama School Speech Conspiracies Endorsed By Republicans

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Education Policy, Obama Education, Obama School, Obama School Speech, Obama Education Speech, Obama Schoolchildren Speech, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday dismissed as pointless the furor over President Barack Obama's plan to deliver a televised back-to-school...

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Obama's Dream: A Model NYC High School

Kesi Augustine | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Schools, Education, Obama Education, Obama Education Reform, Bard High School Early College Obama, Naacp Speech, Obama Bard, Schools, Naacp Bard, Bhsec, Obama Naacp Speech, Bard High School Early College, Bhsec Obama, Naacp, New York News
Kesi Augustine

When I heard President Barack Obama mention my Manhattan high school, Bard High School Early College, in his speech to the NAACP last week, I was paralyzed with surprise. I was not alone.

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Obama's Call for Educating Women

David Gartner | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Obama Mideast Trip, Barack Obama Middle East, Obama Education, World Bank, Lawrence Summers, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cairo, World News
David Gartner

Education, especially for girls and women, is the most highly leveraged investment now available for developing countries.

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On Education, the Obama Administration Veers Off Course

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Obama, Statistics, Duncan, Assumptions, Data, Misinterpretation, US Education, Obama Education, Naep, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

How can the Obama administration get it right in education when its data are all wrong and its assumptions about its faulty data are flawed?

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A Step Towards Equal Opportunity

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Opportunity, Higher Education, Education Reform, Obama Education, Income Inequality, Inequality, Politics News
Beth Shulman

If we want to live up to our promise of equal opportunity, we need to increase the size and number of Pell grants and give loan priority to those who need it most, just as President Obama is proposing.

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At Sea Without a Compass: Chart a New Course for Education Reform

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Education, Public Schools, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Education, Obama Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama Education Policy, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

The federal government needs to call a public advisory committee, comprised of representatives from every stakeholder group that cares about what is happening in public schools.

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Part II - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marshall Ganz, Americans for the Arts, Obama Education, Mike Huckabee, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Culture has always been among America's greatest exports. And, "The arts can be life-saving and life-affirming for young people who have been discarded by the culture."

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Sam Stein

Bachmann: Obama Wants "Re-Education Camps For Young People" (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has levied the most bizarre and outlandish critiques against President Obama since before he came into office, did not disa...

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Answering President Obama's Call for Education

David C. Harvey | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Literacy, Obama Education, Workforce Investment Act, WIA, Adult Literacy, Title II Workforce Investment Act, Politics News
David C. Harvey

A crisis has been silently brewing in the American workforce for more than a decade. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that 32 million adults are considered to have low literacy skills.

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Obama Education Plan Speech: Stricter Standards, Charter Schools, Merit Pay

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called for tying teachers' pay to student performance and expanding innovative charter schools Tuesday, embr...

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Taking On the Lending Industry: Obama's Grand Plans for Education

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Predatory Lending, Student Loans, Barack Obama, Obama 100 Days, President Obama, Obama Education, Recession, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

When countries have successfully lifted themselves out of recessions, their investment in education has had the greatest impact. It's not a new idea.

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On Education, Obama Blows It

Gerald Bracey | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Comparisons, College Completion Rates, Education, Obama, Recession, Economy, Obama Education, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

I have not the expertise to address the merits of President Obama's speech to Congress on the issues of the economy. I do claim some expertise on education. He blew it.

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Transform Education? Yes, We Must

Sir Ken Robinson | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Obama Education, Obama Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama Education Policy, Nclb, Barack Obama Education, No Child Left Behind Obama, Politics News
Sir Ken Robinson

Economically and culturally, the future of America and of the rest of world lies now in a different direction. It will depend on the vitality, diversity and creativity of all its people.

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Obama Education Pick Arne Duncan 'Poster Child For No Child Resistance'

This Week In Education | Alexander Russo | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

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Many educators will be happy to know that, under Arne Duncan Chicago was the poster child for districts resisting and criticizing the law. Others may...

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Arne Duncan's Task: Keep Spotlight on Education

Lorraine Forte | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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Lorraine Forte

Focusing on what works for kids ought to come first, no matter which end of the political spectrum the idea comes from. This should remain the cornerstone of Duncan's decision-making.

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Sam Stein

Obama On Economic Recovery: We Are Running Out Of Options

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama held a news conference Tuesday to announce the nomination of Arne Duncan as his Education Secretary. But the proceedings quickly took a d...

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Arne Duncan: Obama's Education Secretary

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as education secretary Tuesday and declared...

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Education Attacks on Darling-Hammond Don't Fit Obama's Post-Partisanship

John Affeldt | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Progressives, Obama Cabinet, Obama, Education, Linda Darling-Hammond, Obama Education, Secretary of Education, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Appointments, Politics News
John Affeldt

Calling Darling-Hammond a defender of the status quo is like calling Lincoln a defender of slavery because he wasn't as absolute in opposition as were some on his team of rivals.

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Whom Will He Choose?

Martin Carnoy | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Investment in Education, Vouchers, Teacher Education, Charter Schools, Educational Reform, Secretary of Education, David Brooks, Linda Darling Hammond, Stimulus Package, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Obama Secretary of Education, School Vouchers, Obama Education, Obama Appointments, Barack Obama Education Policy, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

With government as the investor of last resort, Obama has broad support to implement major changes in the educational, health care, and energy systems using federal money.

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Obama Education Pick Sparks Conflict

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, President Obama, Obama Transition, Obama Team, Obama Education Secretary, Obama Education, Barack Obama, Peter Mcwalters, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education sec...

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