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

Susan Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Business Roundtable, US Department of Education, Food Stamps, Arne Duncan, Poverty, Healthy, Congress, Dental Caries, Skills, Neo-Liberal, Pre-K, Politics News
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.

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

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Houston, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, New York State, Charter Schools, Connecticut, u.s. Department of Education, Denver, School Reform, Education Reform, New York News
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.

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Michelle Obama: Teachers Are Key To Successful Economy

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

Read More: University, Leadership, Education, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Good Teachers, Successful Economy, Leadership Skills, u.s. Department of Education, Teachers, School, Politics News

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...

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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

Read More: Education, Music, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Teachers, Arts Education, Yale, Yale School of Music, u.s. Department of Education, Living News
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.

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Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Obama Transition, Chicago Labor Unions, Obama, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Obama Administration, Rod Paige, Obama Education Secretary, Barack Obama, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, Obama's Cabinet, u.s. Department of Education, Cps, Chicago News
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?

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