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Cutting-Edge Comics Shake Up Washington with Truths You Won't See on Cable Chat Shows

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Bentzen Ball, Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Stand-Up, Obama, Teaching, They Call Me Mr. Fry, Comedy, Comedy News
Art Levine

With the capital being torn apart by partisan fighting over everything from health care reform to Afghanistan, the last two weeks in D.C have seen a bonanza of comic talent descend on a laugh-starved city.

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The Teacher is the Key

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Learning Points Associates, Michelle Obama, Teaching, Gates Foundation, Nclb, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

It sounds like an old adage, but we desperately need to support teachers in the classroom and modify the NCLB Act, which is now up for renewal. Supporting teachers is key to our success as a nation.

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We Teach Best What We Most Need to Learn

Mike Robbins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Lying, Relationships, Honesty, Health, Mike Robbins, Self-Knowledge, Teaching, Telling the Truth, Happiness, Truth, Living News
Mike Robbins

As I've been making my way through my feelings of remorse, embarrassment, and confusion - I've been thinking a lot about the well-known saying, "We teach best what we most need to learn.

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Learning, Naturally

Michelle Howard | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Memories, David-Sobel, Child Psychology, Outdoor Education, Environment, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Nature Deficit Disorder, Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Childhood, Learning, Living News
Michelle Howard

Is it possible that all that time wandering around outside talking to myself had something to do with my aptitude at school? Boredom, which drove me outside, is an art lost to contemporary childhood.

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Hard Questions In Hard Times

Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Citizenship, Public Lectures, Environmental, Michael Sandel, Opposition, Defense, Conflict, Pbs, Ethics, Moral Relativism, Justice, Teaching, Conscious-Choice, The Inner Life, Living News
Jim Selman

Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Law, Allison Johnson, Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, President Obama, Scripture, Media, Health Care Plan, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Legislation, Immigration Status, Faith Groups, Fact Checkers, Moral Obligation, Public Policies, Immigrant, Immigrant Children, Christian Scriptures, Members of Congress, Values, Pregnant Women, Policy Debate, Health Care Coverage, Moral Priorities, Teaching, Stranger, Safety Net, Health Care, Christians, Public Policy, Fear, Lying, Subsidies, Politics, Community, Basic Human Needs, Medicaid, Congress, Faith Communities, Migrants, Moral Issue, Reform Legislation, Moral Consideration, Compassion, Jewish, Moral Values, Moral Issues, Moral Mandate, Inclusion, Faith Community, Political Feasibility, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Undocumented Immigrant, Legal Immigrants, Christian, Health Care System, Politics News
Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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Rethink Learning, Now

Sam Chaltain | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Brown v. Board of Education, Equity, Sam Chaltain, Grassroots, Al Franken, High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teaching, Fairness, Learning, Living News
Sam Chaltain

Learning involves more than basic skills and regurgitating information. It requires higher-order skills and the capacity to digest, make sense of, and apply what we've been taught.

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The Art of Teaching - In Tough Times, a Thank You to Teachers Everywhere

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Teachers, New Teachers, Teaching, Educators, Living News
Jeff Goldstein

The teachers that made a difference in my life, and helped me empower myself to blaze a trail, had something in common. They recognized that it was my journey, and they were there to help guide the way.

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It Was the Most Literate of Times, It Was the Most Illiterate of Times

Jared Gardner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Literacy, Twitter, Teaching, Facebook, Writing, Death of Publishing, Books, Harvard, Stanley Fish, New York News
Jared Gardner

Americans have long been terribly insecure about writing. From the minute independence was won, visions of literary and linguistic degeneration danced in the minds of American educators.

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What Does Your Life Teach?

Gangaji | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Storytelling, Imagination, Teaching, The Inner Life, Choice, Lucid Dreaming, Living News
Gangaji

You discover your story by noticing what you are telling yourself, over and over. Notice what you tell yourself about your past, your present, and your future.

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Some Thoughts on Infinite Jest During the Infinite Summer

Mike Miley | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Infinite Summer, Colin Meloy, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Decemberists, Teaching, Summer Reading, Media News
Mike Miley

If there's such a thing as the "one that got away" for books, Infinite Jest is mine. This summer, I was determined to finish it... Along with many readers at "Infinite Summer."

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Volunteering Time and Talent in Afghanistan

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: All for Good, National Geographic, Afghanistan, Travel, Taliban, Afghan Women, Education, Volunteering, Service, Volunteer, Slideshow, Teaching, Afghan Girl, Taleban, San Francisco, Learning, Living News

We asked you, our readers, to submit your stories of volunteerism and community service, and you've delivered stories of doing good across the globe. ...

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How an IBM Employee's Early Retirement Led to a Math Classroom

Mark Miller | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Second-Career, Ibm, Teaching, Business News
Mark Miller

IBM has a reputation for progressive thinking and programs aimed at helping employees transition to meaningful encore careers.

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A True American Idol

Spencer Green | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: High School, Dan Bowden, Teachers, Teaching, Ransom Everglades, Dan Leslie Bowden, Living News
Spencer Green

In today's culture, where speed and the transitory nature of communication and occupations are not only valued but taken for granted, how many Dan Bowdens are there left?

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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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Can You Teach Creative Writing?

newyorker.com | Louis Menand | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: University, Creativity, Art, Mfa, College, Writing, The Artist's Life, Creative Writing, Teaching, Living News

Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a...

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Quiet Teacher Part Two

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Quiet, Teaching, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

This is the second installment in my serialization of my new novel, Quiet Teacher.

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Embracing the Twitter Classroom

Jessica Gross | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Twitter in the Classroom, Education, Twitter, Social Media in the Classroom, Teaching Social Media, Group Work, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Twitter, Media News
Jessica Gross

The point of teaching students to use social media isn't just to embrace a novel trend: it's to help students become literate in our networking-based society.

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Transforming the Teaching Profession

Joel Klein | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joel Klein, Education, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Education Policy, Educators, Politics News
Joel Klein

Eliminating the racial and ethnic achievement gap in our nation's public schools is the most urgent civil rights challenge for this generation.

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Francophile Food Critic and Cookbook Author Patricia Wells on Writing, Cooking, and Running

Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Terrines, Patricia Wells, Food Network, Cookbooks, Marathon, L'Express, Guy Savoy, Paris, Joel Robuchon, Running, Cooking, Iron Chef, Sushi, Traditional, Simple, Teaching, Top Chef, Modern, Health, France, Living News
Louise McCready

I think the future of cooking is that it will become more traditional, as sane, healthy. Ingredients just get better and better, fresher and fresher.

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The Impact Of Music In Our Schools

Jason Mannino | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Music, Children, Living News
Jason Mannino

"Jason, you are supposed to go to choir rehearsal." These words were uttered from the mouth of my third grade teacher Ms. Kratz way back in 1981. ...

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Escape From Banality: A Cultural Road Map For Our Children

John Farr | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Internet, Art, Children, Museums, Theatre, You Tube, Pop Culture, Film, Teaching, Technology, Music, Reading, Culture, Living News
John Farr

Tell me if you agree with the following assessment of contemporary life, and if you do concur, then let me know why you're not scared, or angry.

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What Slumdog Teaches Us About Education

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, Education, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, Measuring Intellegence, Teaching, Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire Kids, Politics News
Dennis Van Roekel

Many students from poor backgrounds -- like Jamal from Slumdog Millionaire -- fare poorly on standardized tests, but that doesn't mean they aren't intelligent.

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Teacher Accountability and Autonomy

Robert Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Responsibility, Autonomy, Freedom, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Quality, Education, Teachers, Teaching, Politics News
Robert Rose

Accountability is only fair and possible when teachers have the freedom, the autonomy, to use all the tools at their disposal in the manner the best serves them and their students

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Children in Pain

Robert Rose | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: School Discipline, Class Management, Education Reform, Children in Pain, Education Policy, Education, Add, Children, Teaching, Living News
Robert Rose

No teacher would be insensitive to a child who was in obvious physical pain. Unfortunately, the same student in emotional pain does not get the same sympathetic or empathetic response.

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