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Worried About Another School Massacre? Go Ask Alice

Suzanne Hegland | Posted 01.14.2013 | Home
Suzanne Hegland

Do you feel like it might not be a great idea to counsel your kid to charge an armed killer? Well, according to the ALiCE team, you haven't yet faced the need for constant vigilance against armed assault.

Pennsylvania School Boards Move To Denounce State Education Chief

The Morning Call | Steve Esack | Posted 01.13.2013 | Home

Fed up with what they perceive as a series of unfair laws targeting public school funding and testing, two local school boards are considering resolut...

California Dreaming

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco | Posted 01.08.2013 | Home
Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco

The citizens of our largest state spoke clearly on what is a defining issue of our day: the role of public education in the remaking of the American promise.

Boy Kicked Out For His Genetic Makeup Back In School

Posted 11.08.2012 | Home

Colman Chadam has been allowed to return to his middle school after officials ordered him to transfer out because of his genetic makeup. The 11-yea...

Using Music in the Classroom to Educate, Engage and Promote Understanding

Nicholas Ferroni | Posted 11.08.2012 | Home
Nicholas Ferroni

In a day when activities and education methods get replaced year after year with the "next big thing," music will remain a constant to which every student (year after year) will form a connection.

Why Teacher Performance Pay Won't Work

Cristina Lara | Posted 01.07.2013 | College
Cristina Lara

If our congressmen and congresswomen can subject themselves to performance-based pay, then I believe we can have a more meaningful dialogue about teacher performance pay.

Yes on 30 & No on 32: Moving California Forward

Laphonza Butler | Posted 01.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Laphonza Butler

Propositions 30 and 32 are pivotal for the future of education, public safety and the voice of hard-working families in our state. They both carry major implications for the future of California.

The New Ninth Ward

Sam Chaltain | Posted 12.31.2012 | TV
Sam Chaltain

We have met the enemy, and it is us. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we may actually figure out a way to be free. Until that happens, get ready -- a new Ninth Ward is coming your way soon.

Pennsylvania Teacher Evaluations Will Be Tied To Schools' Test Scores

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Eleanor Chute | Posted 12.29.2012 | Home

When the new statewide teacher evaluation system takes effect next fall, teachers will be judged not only on how they do in their own classrooms but o...

Party Like It's 1918 -- Values Over Tests

Glen Lineberry | Posted 12.25.2012 | Home
Glen Lineberry

The disconnect between what standardized testing measures and what schools are really about -- preparing students to be lifelong learners, developing minds, educating citizens to continue the Republic -- is confusing enough. What really gets my goat, though, is that this was all figured out nearly a century ago.

Rick Scott's Education Plan: Debit Cards For Teachers

The Orlando Sentinel | Leslie Postal | Posted 12.26.2012 | Home

Gov. Rick Scott wants all Florida teachers to get state-funded debit cards they can use to purchase school supplies many now pay for with their own mo...

Keeping Faith With the Kids: An Interview With Jonathan Kozol

Michael Busch | Posted 12.25.2012 | Books
Michael Busch

I recently talked with Kozol about his new book, the privatization of public schools in the United States, the education policies of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and the lives of his closest friends in the world -- the children of Fire in the Ashes.

Lesson From Chicago: We Need Resources and Accountability to Avoid a Two-Tiered Education System

Amy B. Dean | Posted 12.25.2012 | Home
Amy B. Dean

If we're serious about fixing the long-term problems in the schools, we should take a careful look at each of these, determining how they should shape the roles of all players in the system -- be they administrators, teachers, parents, or politicians.

Scrutinizing Schooling

Kimberly Tan | Posted 12.25.2012 | Teen
Kimberly Tan

Perhaps education has been neglected because politicians don't believe in its value, or because the rise of corporations means the death of free expression and critical thinking that schools promote.

How Do We Overcome Racial Stereotypes To Create A Fair, Effective Education System?

Posted 12.24.2012 | Home

Idaho last week became the 34th state to receive a waiver from No Child Left Behind, the sweeping Bush-era education law that sought to make all stude...

Let's Be Grown Ups When We Talk About Education

Tim Krepp | Posted 12.19.2012 | DC
Tim Krepp

Education is one of the toughest issues facing our city and our region so it's critical we engage in an honest conversation about it as we move forward.

Boy Kicked Out Of School For His Genetic Makeup

Posted 12.18.2012 | Home

Colman Chadam, an 11-year-old California boy, has been ordered to transfer from his current school to another one miles away because of his genetic ma...

Reinstate the Draft... in Modified Form

Allan Brawley | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
Allan Brawley

Would this be an enormous undertaking? Certainly. But the country badly needs some nation-building at home and, aside from its goal of having us share the burden of military service, this could make a significant contribution to that process.

Majority Of Wisconsin's School Districts Getting Less Funding This Year

Posted 10.17.2012 | Home

About two-thirds of Wisconsin's school districts will see a drop in state funding this year, marking the second of a two-year, $834 million education ...

High School Principles

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 12.17.2012 | Books
Glenn C. Altschuler

What we need the most is a comprehensive reform of public education that is attentive to raising the ceiling but that does not accomplish this worthy goal by making it even more likely that we will leave many a child behind.

Election Day Is About Change and Saying 'Thank You'

Wayne Maines | Posted 12.17.2012 | Gay Voices
Wayne Maines

As our White House visit ended I thought about the time spent with our nation's leaders. Reflecting on the discussions, I realized that we had expended a great deal energy and emotion over two days.

The 10 Best State Schools

Posted 12.17.2012 | College

Want to go to college in your state but don't want to break the bank? You might want to check out your local state college. (Although, you still migh...

Them's That Got Shall Have: Criminalizing Parents Who Steal Free Education

Tressie McMillan Cottom | Posted 12.16.2012 | Home
Tressie McMillan Cottom

To charge a parent with "stealing" public education is to admit that not all schools are created equal. Do we really believe that school districts would hire private investigators if the parent were enrolling her student in a school poorer than the one in her home district?

Honesty

Kevin McCrea | Posted 12.12.2012 | Home
Kevin McCrea

America is no longer an honest country. The left is not honest. The right is not honest. The top is not honest. The bottom is not honest. I am not honest. You are not honest.

Teachers Matter: What I Learned at UNESCO's World Teachers' Day in Paris

Dan Brown | Posted 12.12.2012 | Home
Dan Brown

As the international consensus suggests, we must put all the resources we can into investing in the village it takes to raise quality teachers.