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The Wall Street Journal on Education: Lies, Myths, and Yellow Journalism

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, KIPP Charter Schools, Ford Foundation, Education, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Teach for America, Achievement Gap, Wall Street Journal, Gates Foundation, Media News
Eric Tipler

Earlier this month, the Ford Foundation announced it was giving $100 million to improve urban schools, a fantastic announcement that the Journal lambasted with a misleading editorial.

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Will Illinois Education 'Race to the Top'? There's Hope on the Horizon

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The-New-Teachers-Project, Teach for America, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Race to the Top, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

I majored in economics -- a field that entails heaps of calculus -- but the state thinks I'm not qualified to teach math. This bizarre situation is a result of the Board of Ed's certification requirements.

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What's Needed to Make Sure Innovation Is Working?

Bill Jackson | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Innovation, Education, Policy, Michelle Rhee, Teach for America, Education Reform, Politics News
Bill Jackson

The current flurry of activity at the federal level could lead people to (mistakenly) believe that the government is responsible for education success in America, not parents and (gasp!) local school boards.

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Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee

Dan Brown | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Rif, Dcps, No Child Left Behind, Teachers Unions, Adrian Fenty, Teach for America, New York City Public Schools, Dc Reduction in Force, Education, Dc Schools, George PArker, Joel Klein, School Accountability, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Nclb, High Stakes Testing, Wtu, Politics News
Dan Brown

Rhee's mislaid battle of gutting the union and purging veteran teachers will leave an experience and institutional knowledge vacuum that no quantity of super-caffeinated 22-year-old Yalies can remake.

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Uh Oh, Here We Go Again with Ebonics 2.0

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Teacher U, Black Children, Education, Teach for America, Ebonics, Race, Diversity, Inner City Schools, Inner City Culture, Media News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

A collaboration of teaching organizations made a frail attempt to exhume the 1990's Ebonics debacle by acknowledging African American English in their training curriculum.

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Teachers Wanted: Our Ailing Education System Needs Quality Teachers with Staying Power

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Online Education, Education, Teach for America, Obama Education Secretary, Education Reform, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

A superb teacher can change a life for the better. A poor teacher, and worse, a series of poor teachers, can have a substantial negative impact on a child and that child's academic potential.

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College Grads Shun Wall St. For Non-Profits

bloomberg.com | Oliver Staley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Amherst College, Non-Profit Jobs, Wall-Street-Jobs, Teach for America, Job Market, Advice for College Grads, Business News

Nationally, 27 percent of about 1.6 million graduating seniors plan to work for nonprofit groups or governments, an increase from 23 percent in 2008, ...

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Service Corps: Leveraging Volunteers For Community Improvement

Caitlin Sullivan | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: City Year, Community Service, Philanthropy, Service, Teach for America, Project 55, Citybridge, Living News
Caitlin Sullivan

The whole point of philanthropy is to leave a footprint bigger than your foot.

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How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Kye Marshall, Design, New Radicals, Innovation, Teach for America, North South Project, Greenpeace, Rocco Rossi, Kiva.org, Ecosphere Technologies, Doctors Without Borders, Patty Johnson, Solar Energy, Matt and Jessica Flannery, Jamie Kennedy, Stanley Bostitch, Julia Moulden, Ed Sutt, Careers, Wendy Kopp, All for Good, The Giving Life, Giving, Living News
Julia Moulden

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Time, President Obama, Time Magazine, Randi Weingarten, No Child Left Behind, Teach for America, Teacher Unions, Teacher, Barack Obama, Freedom Writers, Newsweek, Jonathan Alter, Dangerous Minds, Education Reform, Wendy Kopp, Washington University, Media News
Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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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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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Retention, Thomas Friedman, Economy, Teacher Certification, Teacher, No Child Lief Behind, Uft, Nctaf, Teach for America, Tfa, National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, Aft, Education, Quality Teachers, Alternative Route, Teacher Recruitment, School Reform, New York Times, Teacher Turnover, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Politics News
Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Michelle Rhee Threatens End-Run Around Teachers' Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Richard Kahlenberg, American Federation of Teachers, Washington Teachers Union, Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE), No Child Left Behind, Joel Klein, Teach for America, Adrian M. Fenty, d.c. Teaching Fellows Program, Create, Politics News

Michelle Rhee, education chancellor of the District of Columbia -- in charge of the worst performing public school system in the nation -- has laid do...

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The Business of Service

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Cityyear, Community Service, Ethos Water, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Transition Team, National Service, Patagonia, Teach for America, Americorps, Youthbuild, GOOD Magazine, Barack Obama, MLK Day, Peace Corps, Cisco Systems, Obama Service, Service, Living News
Jonathan Greenblatt

The corporations and small businesses that power American growth and shape our society could be the fuel that turbo-charges our vision of national service.

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When Smart People Get It Sooo Wrong: Malcolm Gladwell's Solutions for American Education

Martin Carnoy | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Inner City Schools, Student Achievement, New Teachers, Teacher Training, Teacher Recruitment, AIG Bailout, Teach for America, Teachers, Malcolm Gladwell, Pro Football, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

The assertion that we don't know what makes good teachers before trying them out for a few years while measuring their students' test gains is simply not true.

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Top 10 Reasons to Become a New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Paul Gillespie, Right to Play, Nicole Pageau, Melissa Dyrdahl, New Radicals, Suzanne Seggerman, Teach for America, Bring Light, Mark Brayne, Ron Dembo, Kids Internet Safety Alliance, Games for Change, Johann Koss, Julia Moulden, Zerofootprint, Wendy Kopp, Tony Leighton, Rwanda, Living News
Julia Moulden

[This is a refreshed repeat of one of Julia's most popular posts.] When I was writing my book about New Radicals (that is, people like you and me who...

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Uncertainty Over Obama Education Adviser

Alexander Russo | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Linda Darling-Hammond, Charter Schools, Education Secretary, Michelle Rhee, Arne Duncan, Obama Secretary of Education, Colin Powell, Janet Napolitano, John Kerry, Obama Presidency, Obama's Cabinet, Teach for America, Politics News
Alexander Russo

In education circles, there's no hotter topic than who is going to be the next Secretary of Education--and if it's going to be Linda Darling-Hammond.

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Larry Summers -- My Experience

Wendy Kopp | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, Obama Cabinet, Larry Summers, Obama Administration, Teach for America, Wendy Kopp, Obama's Cabinet, Women's Issues, Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Wendy Kopp

I have seen Summers exert rare commitment both in supporting women and in addressing the issues facing economically disadvantaged communities.

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Obama Gets It on Education

Dan Brown | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Teacher Quality, John McCain, Education Week, Spending Freeze, School Vouchers, DC Public Schools, Teacher Recruitment, School Choice, Campaign K-12, Teach for America, Boston Teacher Residency, Barack Obama, Obama Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

Throughout the campaign, Obama has laid out workable plans to address our education crisis, but perhaps nowhere is his aim more dead-on than his campaign for recruiting and retaining good teachers.

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"The Great Expectations School" Paperback Gets AFT President Randi Weingarten's Endorsement

Dan Brown | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: American Federation of Teachers, Leo Casey, Randi Weingarten, Jonathan Kozol, Teach for America, New York City Teaching Fellows, Teacher Quality, Barack Obama 2008, Eduwonk, Education, Eduwonkette, United Federation of Teachers, Anya Kamenetz, Generation Debt, Uft, National Book Award, Aft, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teachers, Living News
Dan Brown

Classrooms are ready-made for great stories. Comprised of twenty-some children and one adult, bound by a common mission, they are intersections of you...

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Top 10 Reasons to Become A New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Paul Gillespie, Nicole Pageau, Dart Center, Melissa Dyrdahl, New Radicals, Teach for America, Bring Light, Suzanne Seggerman, Mark Brayne, Ron Dembo, Kids Internet Safety Alliance, Games for Change, Nike, Guelph Civic League, Kevin Salwen, Wendy Kopp, Tony Leighton, Rwanda, Zerofootprint, Motto, Happiness, Business News
Julia Moulden

With all the turmoil in the markets, it seems time to write again about people who are doing good works in the financial sector.

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Why Doing Good Is Sexy

Julia Moulden | Posted 08.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Be the Change, Teach for America, Servicenation, Cityyear, New Radicals, Service Nation, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

Doing good has never been hotter. Everybody's talking about their desire to make a difference, and volunteerism and civic participation are suddenly a...

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