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It's the Poverty, Stupid, Not Pre-K Skills

Susan Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Susan Ohanian

Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.

New Haven's Teacher Contract a Model? Not So Fast

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


Thomas W. Carroll

The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.

Michelle Obama: Teachers Are Key To Successful Economy

US News & World Report | Michelle Obama | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


We all remember the impact a special teacher had on us--a teacher who refused to let us fall through the cracks; who pushed us and believed in us when...

A Twa Lala -- Play a Song: My Keynote Address at the Music Educators Symposium at the Yale School of Music

Lucia Brawley | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


Lucia Brawley

On June 10, 2009, it was my great honor to deliver the keynote address at the Yale School of Music's biennial Music Educators Symposium.

Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


Alexander Russo

Should Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan go to Washington if he's asked to head the U.S. Department of Education, or should he stay in town?