Public Education

Innovation Strategy: Music Service Corps

Kiff Gallagher | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chris Gallagher, National Service, Arts, Innovation, Music, Americorps, Education for the Twenty-First Century, Public Schools, Public Education, Entertainment News
Kiff Gallagher

The critical skills a child develops when she struggles with her instrument or finds her voice in a choir are the same ones needed to succeed in the creative economy and solve our greatest future challenges.

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Edward McElroy, American Federation of Teachers, New Teachers, Public Education Reform, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Aft, Uft, Teachers, Public Education, High Stakes Testing, Living News
Dan Brown

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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Watch and Join a Heated Three-Minute Education Debate

Dan Brown | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Partnership for Learning, Public Schools, Wendy Kopp, Performance Pay, No Child Left Behind, High-Stakes Testing, Robert Pondiscio, Teacher Quality, Core Knowledge, Teach for America, Ascd, Student Achievement, Amy Wilkins, American Federation of Teachers, Education Policy, Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, Student Assessment, Standardized Testing, Ed in 08, Teaching in the 408, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

At last week's Ed in '08 Blogger Summit, I asked a question about alternatives to high-stakes testing to the education policy panel and received an an...

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Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Moms, Knock Yourself Up, Unwed Motherhood, Peggy Drexler, Universal Healthcare, Single Mothers, Single Motherhood, fauxrealtho.com, Slate, Emily Yoffe, Sex Education, Marriage, Unwed Mothers, Single Fatherhood, Susan Golombok, Fatherhood, Public Education, Cambridge University, Louise Sloan, Single Mom, Motherhood, Parenting, Feminism, Cornell, Living News
Louise Sloan

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

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School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Nclb, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, School Accountability, Uft, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, Public Education, New York City Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

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Why So Few Male Teachers Today? Does it Matter?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Urban Decay, Tamar Snyder, Bryan Nelson, Steve Peha, Teacher Recruitment, Teaching That Makes Sense, No Child Left Behind, Merit Pay, Teachers, Public Education, Reg Weaver, Nea, Menteach, Living News
Dan Brown

Should we offer incentives to males to balance out a female-dominated profession?

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Tax And Budget Priorities: Schools No, Yachts Yes

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Public Education, Budget, California, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Do you know about the California yacht tax loophole? Here is how it works: Regular people like you and me have to pay sales taxes on the things we bu...

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Today is Redemption Day in Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 12.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Christmas, Public Schools, Education, Teachers, Winter Break, Public Education, New York City Teachers, Living News
Dan Brown

The week of winter break is a hard-won milestone in the school year, a crucial opportunity for teacher and students to decompress, spend time with family, and reflect.

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No Child Left Alone

Bruce Kluger | Posted 12.19.2007 | Living

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, Public Education Reform, Public Education, Nclb, No Child Left Behind, Living News
Bruce Kluger

As we earnestly try to fix what's broken, we are, in the process, turning an entire generation of children into a giant flock of canaries in the coal mine.

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The Inmates Who Want to Run the Asylum

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, Pisa, Public Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

The subprime mortgage mess indicates maybe some of schools are a little short on the ethics side, but no one has claimed that Structured Investment Vehicles are the product of stupidity.

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Diane Does Rush

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pirls, Test Scores, Education, Public Education Reform, Diane Ravitch, Lee Bray, Pisa, Education Disparity, Public Education, Education Debates, Education in America, Naep, Sandia Report, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Dianne Ravitch says that "If anything, today's students are performing better than previous students." Does that sound like painting a rosy picture to you?

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Is U.S. Education Better Than Ever?

Diane Ravitch | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, David Kearns, Department of Education, Gerald Bracey, Public Education Reform, PISA, Schools, Public Education, Sandia Report, Politics News
Diane Ravitch

What was the Sandia report and why does it matter? And how did I allegedly conspire to "suppress" it?

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Literacy

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: PIRLS, Race Gap, Education, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Education Gap, Margaret Spellings, Public Education, Nclb, Naep, Global Competitiveness Report, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, World Economic Forum, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Is the sound you just heard the Department of Education building a massive wall against reality? If we're making progress, how come it doesn't show up on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study?

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A Short Note About The School Day

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 10.04.2007 | Living

Read More: Attendance, Education, Public Education, Roll Call, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Every time you answer "Present!" at roll call it's one more step in the march toward a successful life.

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Can Public Schools Fix the Achievement Gap? Yes, But They Won't

Peter Sacks | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Elitist Schools, Public Education, How to Fix Public Schools, Achievement Gap, NCLB, Politics News
Peter Sacks

As currently structured, the American education system is organized to serve elite interests at the expense of children and families at the bottom.

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Finally, Some Real Changes in Public Education

Steven Barrie-Anthony | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Steve Barr, Poverty, Antonio Villaraigosa, College, Charter Schools, Berkeley High School, Green Dot, Rick Ayers, Los Angeles Times, Public Education, Lausd, Politics News
Steven Barrie-Anthony

Finally we are talking in new ways about education, and finally there is movement in this long-stagnant quagmire.

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