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A Test for Our Nation

Linda Darling-Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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States Lower Test Standards for A High School Diploma

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Schools, Education, School Testing, High School Exams, Education Reform, High School Diploma, Schools, High School Testing, Politics News

A law adopting statewide high school exams for graduation took effect in Pennsylvania on Saturday, with the goal of ensuring that students leaving hig...

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Fire the Teacher!

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: New York City Schools, Public Schools, Education, Education Reform, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
Alan Singer

Brian (or Amir, or Jose, his name does not really make a difference) failed the 9th grade math level one Regents. The mayor says, "Fire the teacher!"

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Bold Move, Big Risk

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Public Schools, School Reform, Dps, Education, KIPP Charter Schools, Education Reform, Denver Public Schools, Charter Schools, Ana Tilton, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

In a fascinating and audacious move, Denver Public Schools is proposing that new charter schools housed in district buildings become neighborhood schools.

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Please, Sir: $1 Billion More a Year for School Lunches

David Becker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Public Schools, Farming, Childhood Nutrition, Usda, Green News
David Becker

"President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015." Talk about an ambitious goal!

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan Blames Arugula for California's Failing Schools

Samuel Fromartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Samuel Fromartz, School Gardens, Public Schools, Caitlin Flanagan, Alice Waters, California, The Atlantic, Media News
Samuel Fromartz

Pinning the ills of the state's educational system on school gardens? What's next? Blaming the deep recession on Michelle Obama's White House garden because it takes the president's attention off more weighty problems?

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California Lawmakers Pass Major School-Reform Package

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Schwarzenegger, California, Lausd, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Education Reform, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Wednesday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger landmark education reforms designed to overhaul the...

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Slow And Steady As We "Race To The Top"

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Boston Globe, Charter Schools, Race to the Top, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Colorado, Denver, Rhode Island Schools, Parenting, Parents and Education, Pro-Charter, Politics News
David Segal

No education reform is comprehensive that does not entail progressive taxation, a stronger labor movement, and environmental and social justice more broadly.

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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Healthy 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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Colorado Supreme Court Decision Determines Courts Can Decide On School Funding

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: John Suthers, Public School Funding, Public Schools, Jack Pommer, Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Public Schools, Denver News

In an opinion that could have profound implications for the state budget, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that a group of plaintiffs has the ri...

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Alabama Students Freeze While Schools Try To Fix Broken Heaters

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Public Schools, Cold, Alabama, Freezing, Cold Children, Heaters, Cold Students, Mobile, Public School Maintenance, Schools, Broken Heaters, Video, Impact News

Students in Mobile, Alabama braved frigid temperatures in class this week due to broken heaters in their schools. School officials scrambled to fix ...

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Gov. Paterson: Longer School Hours To Combat Teen Gun Violence, Despite State Going Broke

nydailynews.com | By Meredith Kolodner and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Gun Violence, Public Schools, School to Combat Violence, Governor Paterson, New York State, Crime, Teen Gun Violence, New York News

Even as he warned Sunday that the state is going broke, Gov. Paterson was pitching a pricey new fix to teen gun violence: Extend the school day by thr...

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Crucifix Banned From Italian Schools In New EU Court Ruling

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Public Schools, Islam, Crucifixes Banned, Atheism, EU Courts, Catholicism, Italy Schools, Immigration, Italy, Eu, Catholics, Religion, Education, Italian Schools, Courts, Vatican, Pope, Separation of Church and State, Faith, World News

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public sch...

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Does Education Matter?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Public Schools, Children, Ted Sizer, New York Times, Strengths, Education Reform, Media, Parents, Impact News
Jenifer Fox

Education, to most Americans, is not the stuff of nightly news. Or, perhaps, it isn't news because the media is unsure of the critical importance of education reporting.

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ReThink Review: The War On Kids -- Education's Prisoners

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Public Schools, Overmedication, Adhd, Shooting, Expulsion, Prussia, Violence, Zero Tolerance Policy, Rethink Reviews, Prozac, Jonathan Kim, School, Suspension, Expelled, Add, Cevin Soling, The War on Kids, Documentary, Medication, Ritalin, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Public schools have essentially been turned into prisons with constant surveillance and harsh, often absurd zero tolerance policies towards drugs, alcohol, weapons, violence and other forms of misbehavior.

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Bill Gates Admits He Was Wrong (Bloomberg Doesn't)

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Charter Schools, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, New York News
Alan Singer

No, this is not a spoof headline from the satirical newspaper The Onion. In his 2009 annual letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gate...

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This Week in the Classroom: A Throwdown for Public Schools ... That Feeds Your Social Media Obsession

Reyna Booth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Public Schools, donorschoose.org, Sbnation, Philanthropy, Social Media, Craig Newmark, Education, Social Media Challenge, Blogher, Apartment Therapy, Gawker, Serious Eats, Fred Wilson, Public Schools Money, Fundraiser, Technology News
Reyna Booth

Starting October 1st, DonorsChoose.org is kicking off its Social Media Challenge, a friendly competition among online media personalities to help thousands of public school students.

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Charter Schools Fail Immigrants

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Schools, Immigrants, Education, Arne Duncan, English Language Learner, Charter Schools, Ell, Politics News
Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj

Why is there a glaring mismatch between charter school enrollments and the growing English language learner population?

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Nutrition: 9 In 10 High Schoolers Short On Fruits, Veggies

usatoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Public Schools, Fruits, Healthy Living, The Balanced Life, Parenting Tips, Prevention, Kids, Health, Nutrition, Vegetables, High School, Parenting, Wellness, Healthy Living News

Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...

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Bloomberg School Deform #1

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, New York, Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Midwood High School, Education Reform, New York News
Alan Singer

No school district anywhere in the United States where the student population is overwhelmingly drawn from poor families has been "turned around."

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Grading the Big Tests: A Study in Madness... and a Really Good New Book

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Public Schools, Todd Farley, Diana Senechal, No Child Left Behind, Diane Ravitch, Teachers Unions, Making the Grades, gothamschools.org, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Publc Schools, Media News
Dan Brown

In the No Child Left Behind era, every pillar of our education system rests on the presupposition that standardized tests are accurate indicators. Todd Farley helps to bring into starker focus that this is a flawed ideology.

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Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Raising Children, College Tuition, Money, Personal Finance, Public Schools, Kids, Children, Poor Children Health Care, Poor, Health Insurance, Business News
Rohit Chopra

Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.

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The Chicago Public School Teacher's Husband

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Henry Horner Homes, Lake Street El, Poverty, Chicago Public Schools, There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, Oak Park, Teacher, Education, Education Reform, Public Schools, Inner City, Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Chicago News
David Murray

Our troubles had begun when my wife Kirsten took the job teaching art, K-8, at a West Side elementary school. Then came the informal adoptions.

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What's Wrong With Our Schools?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Children's Health, Learning, Healthy Living News
Jenifer Fox

We teach the same topics in our schools today that we taught over one hundred years ago. Where did these subjects come from? How did we choose what to teach?

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