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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.

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Thousands of Kids Drop Out of High School Daily - How Are We Going to Solve the Problem?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Dropout Epidemic, Public Education, High School Dropouts, Education Policy, Google, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Almost fifty percent of students in the fifty largest American cities drop out of high school. In some cities, there is over a seventy percent drop out rate. One consequence is an increase in crime and the prison rate.

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Nate Silver: Anti-Gay Marriage Arguments "Literally Stop Making Sense"

FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stand for Marriage, Gay Marriage Maine, Religion, Nate Silver, Gay Marriage Religion, November Election, Gay Marriage Public Education, Gay Marriage Referendum, Public Education, Anti-Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Maine, Politics News

Yesterday, I was sent an e-mail from the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign, which I signed up for under a secondary e-mail account. The message sugges...

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Philadelphia, House-Education-and-Labor-Committee, New America Foundation, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Higher Education Act of 1965, College, Shoemaker Campus, GEAR UP, Public Education, Mastery Charter School, Newt Gingrich, House Democrats, Representative Chaka Fattah, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

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Dropout Prevention Should Be Top of the Class

Gordon Campbell | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Public Schools, Education, Poverty, Dropout Prevention, Public School, United Way, High School, United Way of NYC, Education Reform, Public Education, New York News
Gordon Campbell

What would be the impact if we succeeded in lowering the dropout rate? How much better off will we all be if we succeed in our dropout prevention efforts?

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Dollars for Grades: A Feasible Solution to Our Broken Public School System?

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Incentives, Education, Education Reform, Monetary Incentives for Grades, Paying Students for Good Grades, Public Education, Public School, Living News
Halle Tecco

If we don't embrace creative and progressive thought in improving our school systems, we're going to fail all of our children.

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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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Denver Public School Teachers Approve Decrease In Pay Raises

The Denver Post | Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Education, Teacher Pay Cuts, Denver Teachers, Denver Public Schools, Teachers Union, Denver News

Denver teachers overwhelmingly approved a revised contract that gives them a 2.5 percent cost-of-living raise plus they would receive a 1.65 percent s...

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Colorado Is Serious About This Race

Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Bill Ritter, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Arne Duncan, Public Education, Colorado, Denver News
Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien

The Department of Education has $4.35 billion in Race to the Top funds. The stars are aligned: President Obama supports this change, it is a cornerstone of Gov. Bill Ritter's agenda and we have leaders who believe in public education.

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The School of One: The School of Tomorrow

Arthur E. Levine | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: School of One, Education, Public Education, Education Policy, Politics News
Arthur E. Levine

Today's schools are an anachronism. They resemble the assembly lines of the industrial era, when they were conceived. But the School of One turns the current model of education on its head.

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Are We Happier in France? An Expat Explains

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Paris, L.A., Bruni, France, Poverty, Unemployment, Sarkozy, Financial Crisis, Poor, Rich, Public Education, Health Care, Inequality, Happiness, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

I think I am. We earn a lot less salary-wise, but my child is in a great public school, we have great health care, live near free parks, museums, and the pollution level is down.

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Does the Ivy League Turn You Into a Moron? Walter Kirn Critiques Princeton in "Lost in the Meritocracy"

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ivory Tower, Deconstruction, Postmodernism, Aphasia, Derrida, Ivy League, Mormonism, Lost in the Meritocracy, Intellectuals, Meritocracy, Yale, Harvard, Walter Kirn, Education, Keasbey Scholarship, Wall Street, High Schools, Princeton, Western Canon, Competition for Ivy League, Rhodes Scholarship, Theory, Schools, Academia, Education Reform, Higher Education, Public Education, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Postmodern Theory, Learning, Elite, Oxford University, Class, Oxford, Minnesota, Ruling Elite, Income Inequality, Great Books, Classics, Humanities, Politics News
Anis Shivani

Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.

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Friday Talking Points [91] -- Win One For Teddy

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Ted, May You Be in Heaven, Cloture, Win One for Teddy, Employee Free Choice Act, Public Universities, Irish Wake, Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Filibuster, Politicizing, Reform, Politicize, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Paul Wellstone, Funeral, Video, Edward Kennedy, Mayor Quimby, Simpsons, Senator, Chow-Dah, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Public Education, Public University, Health Care, Reid, Diamond Joe Quimby, Irish, Card Check, Massachusetts, Democrat, Medicaid, Majority Leader, The Simpsons, Democrats, Efca, Springfield, The Simpsons Movie, USA Today, Contest, Edward M Kennedy, Mddotw, Eulogy, Chris Weigant, Health, Uncle Ted, Senator Kennedy, Harry Reid, Medicare, Irish Toast, Socialism, Higher Education, Wellstone, Teddy, Up or Down Vote, Quimby, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.

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Senate Adjourns For Summer: No Action On School Control Bill

New York Times | Jeremy W. Peters | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Education Reform, Public Education, Michael Bloomberg, New York, New York City, New York News

The State Senate shelved legislation that would preserve Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's control of New York City schools and adjourned for the summer ea...

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Smart Kids Can Do Poorly in School

Jenifer Fox | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Children With Learning Disabilities, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Parenting Tips, Learning Disorders, Obama Education Policy, Learning Disabilities, Raising Children, Parenting, Education Reform, Public Education, Children's Health, Living News
Jenifer Fox

Most of the labels we ascribe to children overlook what is right about children. We prefer to concentrate on labeling weaknesses.

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American Schools Need Common Standards

Jim Rex | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Teacher Education, No Child Left Behind, South Carolina, Education Reform, Public Education, Teaching, Global Markets, North Carolina, Politics News
Jim Rex

The No Child Left Behind Act allows each state to define for itself what "academically proficient" means, thus dramatic differences appear from one state to the next.

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This Week in the Classroom: The Judicial System

Alan McGee | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, donorschoose.org, Philanthropy, Education, Donorschoose, Education Reform, Public Education, Judicial System, Living News
Alan McGee

Whether to support the fundamental understanding the judicial system, or to inspire a career in politics or law, each DonorsChoose.org project reflects one teacher's hope for the future of their students.

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Demand Grows, Giving Slows: The Teach For America Connundrum

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Teacher Quality, Charitable Giving, Education, Teachers, Teach for America, Public Education, Living News

WASHINGTON — When school starts next fall, Teach for America will send an unprecedented number of college graduates to teach in poor communities...

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Public Education: DC Vouchers Program Isn't the Answer

Rabbi David Saperstein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, School-Vouchers, Vouchers, Public Education Reform, School Vouchers, Education Reform, Public Education, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Rabbi David Saperstein

Taxpayer dollars should go where they are needed most: to improve public education for all of our nation's children.

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Looking to Entrepreneurship Education During the Economic Crisis

Steve Mariotti | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, US Education, No Child Left Behind, High School, Entrepreneurship, Public Education, Entrepreneur, NFTE, Business News
Steve Mariotti

Many high schools have job placement programs to help their students, but rarely do we see the possibility of entrepreneurship presented as an option.

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The Myth of Mayoral Control of Schools

Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Reform, Public Schools, Nyc Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Public Education, Michael Bloomberg, Politics News
Diane Ravitch

Dubious strategies in New York public schools have puffed up the graduation rate by a few points, but the city's graduates arrive at community colleges unprepared for college-level work.

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California's Third-World Public Schools Threaten All of Us

Christopher Mahoney | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California Public Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, San Carlos Charter Learning Center, Politics News
Christopher Mahoney

Having visited educational systems around the globe, I can tell you that merely offering the basics puts us on par with second-world societies and we're quickly sliding lower.

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Bloomberg and Urban Mayors Should Control Schools

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Reform, Arne Duncan, Mayor Bloomberg, Public Education, Public Schools, Nyc Public Schools, New York-New York, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

School districts are a strange American anachronism -- no other country delivers public education through local authorities. This historical remnant is completely ineffective in urban America.

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Innovation Fund Will Not Promote Innovation

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Arne Duncan, Venture Capital, Public Education, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

The $650 million portion of the US Education Department's stimulus bill supposedly devoted to innovation was written with three fatal flaws.

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Incentives for Equitable Education

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Economic Stimulus Package, Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

The US Education Department will soon be writing checks totaling more than $100 billion to states and districts. The success of Obama's first term hinges on how this money is spent.

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