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Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Heart Program, Girls, Public Schools, Politics, Latino, Homeboy Industries, Crime, Kamala Lopez, Violence, Los Angeles, Social Programs, Hispanics, Barrio, Gangs, Latina, Politics News

What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.

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Tougher Tests Just the First Step to Improving Chicago Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Test Scores, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Inner City Education, Charter Schools, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Chicago Education, Isat, Advance Illinois, Chicago News

Transform every school into a charter and you'll still have to solve the equation: How to educate students, especially students who often face troubled home lives and come to school woefully unprepared to learn.

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The National Governors Association Takes Action to Reform Teaching - With No Teacher Input

Dan Brown | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Nga, Ccsso, National Governors Association, Teachers, Education Reform, Nea, Barack Obama, National Standards, Politics News

The National Governors Association (NGA) and its educational arm, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), are writing national educational standards for mathematics and English language arts to be implemented by America's K-12 teachers -- with virtually no input from them.

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Healthy School Lunches. Yes We Can!

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke Diabetes, Public Schools, Healthy Eating, Health, Obesity Epidemic, School Lunches, Healthy Kids, Heart Disease, Childhood Obesity, Living News

Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.

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Our Children (and Our Country) Deserve Democratic Schools

Sam Chaltain | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Civil Liberties, Education, Civic Participation, Independence Day, Civic Engagement, Civics, Civic Duty, Education Reform, Politics News

It is possible -- indeed, essential -- for schools to find the right organizational balance between individual freedom and group structure.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Arne Duncan, It Is Also About the Building

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Charter Schools, Architecture, Design, Education Reform, Teachers, Politics News

Many schools in this country are in utter disrepair and the outdated portable classrooms that dot the landscape of the American school system are harmful to the health of our children.

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Suspensions in Chicago Schools Target Black Boys Most Often

Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Expulsions, Cps Suspensions, Race and Education, Black Students Cps, Chicago News

When punishment for one group of students is so clearly out of proportion to their enrollment, something's undoubtedly amiss.

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Are the Rising Graduation Rates Real?

Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, High School, New York City Public School, Education, New York City Graduation Rates, New York City, Graduation Rates, New York Education, New York, New York City High School, New York News

The city boasts that nearly two-thirds of high school students graduated on time in 2008. But are the standards for graduating so low that the diplomas are meaningless, as skeptics claim?

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The Future of Public Education in NYC: What Next?

Diane Ravitch | Posted 07.28.2009 | New York

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

For the past seven years, the mayor has exercised a degree of control over the school system that has never been seen in any other school district in the United States, certainly not in New York City.

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With Albany AWOL, City Faces New Reality on School Governance

Scott Stringer | Posted 07.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Department of Education, Public Schools, Scott Stringer, New York City Public Schools, New York City, New York, New York News

New York City's public school students can be forgiven if they're not impressed by the work of their government.

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The Banana Republic Of NY Public Schools

Leonie Haimson | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, New York, Eduation Reform, New York City, New York-New York, New York News

Here in New York City, we are living in a banana republic known as Bloomberg Inc. This sad reality is most apparent when it comes to our public schools.

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The Downside of Small Schools

Clara Hemphill | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, Education Reform, New York, Small Schools, New York City, New York News

When the city closed large, failing high schools to make way for new small schools, thousands of students who might once have attended those large schools were diverted to the remaining large schools.

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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

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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States Resorting To Extreme Measures In Budget Crisis

The New York Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Taxes, State Budgets, California, Economic Crisis, Maine Budget Crisis, Hawaii, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Hawaii Budget Crisis, Stimulus, Maine, Politics News

In Hawaii, state employees are bracing for furloughs of three days a month over the next two years, the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut. In Idaho, ...

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The Wrong Way to Measure Education

Gabe Pressman | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Education Reform, New York, Ny Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Ny Standardized Tests, New York City, New York News

City Hall trumpets that test scores show New York City's 1.1 million school children are making vast strides in learning. But there are serious doubts that this is what's really happening.

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The Banana Republic of NYC Public Schools

Leonie Haimson | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, Education Reform, New York, New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Class Size, Mayoral Control, Chancellor Joel Klein, New York News

Here in New York City, we are living in a banana republic known as Bloomberg, Inc. This sad reality is most apparent when it comes to our public schools.

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How Being a Tutor Improved My Education

Rachel Lerman | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Tutoring, DC Public Schools, Citybridge, Service, For Love of Children, All for Good, Living News

I (naively) believed I was more than qualified to help "disadvantaged" children improve their learning skills. However, good intentions are not enough.

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Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education

Diane Ravitch | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Obama, Education, Schools, No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Bush, Education Policy, Politics News

Let me say it again: It is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. If judged solely by test scores, the only coin that the NCLB crowd understands, the law has been a dud.

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School's Out, Kids Can Feel Smart Again

Jenifer Fox | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Schools, Students, Charter Schools, Children, Strengths-Based, Summer Vacation, Living News

One of the problems with our schools today is that we so often overlook real talent because our schools are set up to only validate one kind of learner.

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Hey LAUSD, Please Save Ms. Brier Before It's Too Late

John Koch | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Superintendent-Ramon-Cortines, Public Schools, Layoffs, Education, Lausd, Wonderland Elementary School, Teachers, Firing, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Take Action, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Living News

Ms. Brier is at the cutting-edge of K-6 education, described as "exceptional" by parents. There was just one problem. She had just received her pink slip by the LA Unified School District.

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Newsweek's Top High Schools List is Off Base

Dan Brown | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Quality, Newsweek, Jay Mathews, Education, Newsweek School Rankings, Newsweek Challenge Index, AP Exam, Education Reform, Newsweek Top High Schools, Media News

Scoring high on Newsweek's top US high schools Index has created an incentive for schools to push students who have no shot at passing the exams into high-intensity classes.

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Should Kids Go To School Year-Round?

Round School | Brigid Schulte | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Parenting, Kids, Summer, School, Family, Summer Vacation, Living News

At their Alexandria public school, my kids have learned how to sail, designed entire cities in cardboard, built skyscrapers with toothpicks and marshm...

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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

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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More Than Money Needed To Improve Schools

W. Norton Grubb | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Money-Myth, Education, Russell Sage Foundation, Economic Stimulus Package, California, Stimulus Package, Education Reform, Teachers, W. Norton Grubb, California Budget Crisis, Cindy McCain, Politics News

The numbers showed that the relationship between spending per pupil and student outcomes in California (and elsewhere) is somewhere between weak and nonexistent.

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