Education

Barack Obama, "These Kids" and Charter Public Schools

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Test Scores, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, Education, Charter Public Schools, Chicago, Kids, Charter Schools, Green Dot, Obama, Teachers, Barack Obama, Incs, Politics News
Tom Cosgrove

Barack Obama, in a pre-election speech, told the story of a teacher he encountered who complained of a "these kids" syndrome - the tendency to explain...

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Elements for a New Economy

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Education, President-Elect, Bailout, Environmentalism, Diy, Vocational Education, Economy, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Charles D. Ellison

Let's admit, a reasonable "big idea" alternative to the "bailout" plan is in short supply. Our imagination these days only goes so far as what fixes we can buy ourselves out of.

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Obama's Other Great Legacy: Death of the Beer Vote

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ignorance, Science, Education, Obama, Knowledge, US Education, Creatisonism, Evolution, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

About 20% of adults in the United States believe the sun orbits the earth. We come to these sad statistics because we lost our quest for intellectual excellence.

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Making the Right Choices for Education and the Economy

Randi Weingarten | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Nclb, Economy, Education Reform, Finance, Money, Economic Reform, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

The financial crisis, the deepening recession, and their destructive consequences all threaten state and local governments' most essential investment: educating the next generation.

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A Secretary Who Matters

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama Transition, Education, Obama Secretary of Education, Barack Obama, Superintendents, Arne Duncan, Alan Bersin, Mike Leavitt, Education Budget, Duval Patrick, Barack Obama and Education Policy, Tom Payzant, Jeb Bush Education, Angus King, Joel Klein, Tim Pawlenty, Education Spending, Mike Easley, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

At the critical point where young people should be connecting with college and 21st century careers, we rely on an outdated education system that evolved in the 1970s.

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Yes We Can: The Power of International Education

Deanna Lee | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, India, Education, Nepal, Environment, Obama, Climate Change, China, Obama Transition, International Students, Asia Society, Politics News
Deanna Lee

It's so easy to be cynical about the state of education in the U.S. that to meet five smart, winsome teenagers who say things like "We are One" is nothing short of Obama-worthy inspiration.

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Leave Bad Schools Behind

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Education, Election Reaction, Accountability, Nclb, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Leave Bad Schools Behind Act of 2009, Charter Managment Organizaitons, No Child Left Behind, ESEA, School Accountability, CMOs, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

A 'good school' goal requires a serious accountability system, a system that differentiates between 'chronic failure' and 'room for improvement'

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The Tale of the Tape: Child Almost Gets Left Behind

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Child Poverty, Poverty and Education, Chicago Poverty, Fighting Poverty, Poverty, War on Poverty, US Poverty, Education, No Child Left Behind, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

The way to ensure no children get "left behind" isn't more cash to schools, it's more resources to people.

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Keep Education a Priority!

Marc Lampkin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Teachers, Standards, Barack Obama, Obama Transition, Obama Issues, Obama Education, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

The need for improving our education system has never been greater. The rest of the world is catching up with us competitively, threatening our economic and national security.

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Minority Enrollment Down At Top Magnet Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Humboldt Park, Chicago Public Schools, Education, Minority Enrollment Chicago Magnet Schools, Sabin Elementary, Chicago Education, Minority Education Chicago, Chicago Schools, LaSalle II Chicago, Minorities Chicago Magnet Schools, Cps, Franklin Fine Arts Academy, Chicago Magnet Schools, Disney II Chicago, Chicago News

Kenneth Green knew he wanted to send his daughter to a magnet school, Chicago's oldest schools of choice. He spent hours enveloped in research and tou...

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Is School Choice Failing Kids?

Catalyst Chicago | John Myers | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Walter Payton High School, Chicago Public Schools, Von Steuben High School, Education, Kenwood Academy, ACE Tech, Hyde Park Academy, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago Schools, School Choice Chicago, Lane Tech, Robeson High, Cps, Rennaissance 2010, Chicago Education, Chicago News

With the end of 8th grade in view for James Baker, three of Chicago's top public high schools turned him away--rejections that caught the straight-A s...

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Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: War, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Congress, Budget Deficit, Libor, Paul Volcker, S&P 500, Barack Obama, Fdr, Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Education, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Business News, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Healthcare, Dow, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Stimulus Package, Business News
Alan Schram

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

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Uncertainty Over Obama Education Adviser

Alexander Russo | Posted 11.10.2008 | 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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Transition Topic I: Education and Scientific Illiteracy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Transition, Science, Education, Obama, Obama Election Day, Election, Health, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

People opposed to irradiated food ignore the existence of more than 50 known strains of E. coli that can cause bloody diarrhea, kidney failure, and death.

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"The Great American Detour"

CurrentTV's Vanguard | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Living News
CurrentTV's Vanguard

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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Historically Black Homophobia

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Equality, California Gay Marriage, Education, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Black Voters, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Discrimination, California Gay Marriage Ban, African-American History, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Terrance Heath

Ed. Note: I plan on writing something about black voters, the passage of proposition 8 in California, and the discussion that has ensued about whether...

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Muhammad Yunus and the Financial Crisis: The Human Element

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Microloans, Financial Crisis, Education, Social Business, Michael Milken, Health Care, Muhammad Yunus, Charlie Rose, World Economy, Microcredit, Global Economy, Human Element Finance, Financial Recovery, Underdeveloped Countries, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Perhaps the silver lining in this financial crisis is that we will start focusing on the human part of how we will build a more sustainable future.

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Why America's Teens Are Worried

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Google, National Writing Project, Education, Early Voting, Letters to Next President, Barack Obama, Living News
Esther Wojcicki

Thousands of students across the nation have spent time in the classroom thinking about this country's political and social issues and then writing their ideas down in the Letters to the Next President.

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McCain's Education Plan is Scary as Hell

Dan Brown | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nea, John McCain, Early Childhood Education, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Community Schools, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Teacher Quality, Education, School Vouchers, Teacher Recruitment, Deregulation, School Choice, Head Start, Alan Greenspan, Education Reform, Election 2008, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Dan Brown

Reforming America's inadequate public school system--a crucial priority for our country's future-- should not be undertaken with a failed ideology. Th...

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Participation as Education

Michael Roth | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: College Students, Education, Wesleyan University, Civic Engagement, Home News
Michael Roth

As adolescent cynicism has given way to a deep hope for change, students are expressing their faith in the electoral system in the old fashioned way: they are participating in it.

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This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Civic Duty, Democracy, Education, 2008 Election, Children, Civic Responsibility, Youth Vote, George W. Bush, Mccain Election, Joe Biden, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Scholastic, Obama Education, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Reuters, Is Our Children Learning, Hillary Clinton, Education Reform, Scholastic Mock Election, John McCain, Voting, Home News
Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

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The Problem with Education

Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Religion, John McCain, Education, Economy, Science, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Republicans, China, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

By raising our standards of what we expect from our students and preparing them to be globally competitive, we make our best investment in America's future.

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Mccain Vouchers, The Hollow Men, John McCain, Vouchers, Obama McCain, Private School, Teachers Mccain, Presidential Debates, Students, Education, Mccain Education Reform, McCain Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Vouchers, T.S. Eliot, Barack Obama Education Policy, Election 2008, Teachers Obama, Campaign 2008, Public Education Mccain, Poor Schools, Redistricting Schools, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, McCain Saddleback Church Faith Forum, Under Funded Schools, Vouchers Cost Public Education, Vouchers Cost, Education Costs, Poor Students, Public Education Obama, Saddleback Education, No Child Left Behind McCain, No Child Left Behind Obama, GILF, Education Policy, Public Education Candidates Positions, Home News
Cheryl Lubin

As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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Obama and Autism

Elaine Hall | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Janet Grillo, Elaine Hall, Hope, Education Policy, Children, Sarah Pallin, Autism: The Musical, Facilitated Communication, Obama, Autism, John Mc Cain, 2008 Election, Coach E, Living News
Elaine Hall

We found that Obama speaks for all people who cannot speak. Who do not have a voice, literally and figuratively. Somehow, some way, my son with severe autism had picked up this truth.

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On Being a Student, a Mom and Disabled in America

Mary Lou Song | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Election 2008, Health Care, Living News
Mary Lou Song

I hope and pray that the problems that are eating up our economy will not start chewing on educational finances. If it does, this will be the downfall of our country.

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