Public Schools

"Off The Bus": Inside A Parent's Head on the First Day of School

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Parenting Tips, Elementary School, Parenting, Schools, School, Parenting Advice, Education in America, Happiness, Living News

The night before the first day of school was always the longest night of my life. I'd lie wide awake for hours, wondering about my locker location, ...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Bridging Gaps: Past to Present, Harlem to Harvard

Dan Brown | Posted 08.19.2008 | Media

Renowned professor and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has a new project that could be a true gift for raising engagement in African American students. ...

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Exporting NYC's Education "Miracle": Buyer Beware!

Dan Brown | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, John McCain, New York Sun, Michael Bloomberg, Achievement Gap, Bloomberg, Joel Klein, High-Stakes Testing, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Green, Politics News

Since his election in 2001, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made narrowing the white-minority achievement gap in New York City his signature issue. After ...

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"Ninja" Sighting Shuts Down NJ School

Associated Press | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Stupid News, New Jersey, Ninja, Paranoia, Ninja Sighting, Ninja School New Jersey, Ninja School, Home News

The Associated Press reports: BARNEGAT, N.J.--It's the case of the nonexistent ninja. Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someo...

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McCain Takes Advantage Of Dems' Divide On Education

Alexander Russo | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Sharpton, Klein, Education, Obama, Mccain, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, John McCain, Obama Mccain Education, Politics News

For years now, there has been a deep internal tension between two education groups. To put pressure on the candidates, both factions decided to roll out dueling manifestos during the same week in June.

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Black in America on CNN: Are We There Yet?

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 07.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Civil Rights, Pbs, Public Schools, New Orleans, Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Healthy Living, Education, Inner City Obama, Race, Barck Obama, AIDS Washington D.C., Cnn, Race Relations, Poverty and Health, Cable News, Media News

For blacks, it is a call to arms, a celebration of ingenuity, from the breakfast table to the church, to the classroom, to the street. For whites, Black in America has to be just as complicated to watch.

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Home Economics

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Jamie Lee Curtis, Education, Schools, Skills, Home Economics, Children, Living News

We are Americans and we are getting an F in educating our children. Wake up and smell the global competition. We need to let our elected leaders know that education is the most important issue in this election.

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Innovation Strategy: Music Service Corps

Kiff Gallagher | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chris Gallagher, National Service, Arts, Innovation, Music, Americorps, Education for the Twenty-First Century, Public Schools, Public Education, Kiff Gallagher, Kiff, Entertainment News

The critical skills a child develops when she struggles with her instrument or finds her voice in a choir are the same ones needed to succeed in the creative economy and solve our greatest future challenges.

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Edward McElroy, American Federation of Teachers, New Teachers, Public Education Reform, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Aft, Uft, Teachers, Public Education, High Stakes Testing, Living News

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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Freedom Banned

Richard LaGravenese | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Amnesty International Freedom Writers, Long Beach, Holocaust, Anne Frank, Hilary Swank, Books, Shakespeare, Censorship, Freedom Writers, Media News

In Perry, Indiana, the School Board has suspended a teacher for allowing her students to read The Freedom Writers Diary. How can it be that they did not see the value of the lessons to be learned?

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"Prep for Prep"--A Brilliant Education Idea Realized

Dan Brown | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Public Schools, Waldorf-Astoria, Urban Schools, Collegiate School, No Child Left Behind, Lilac Ball, Achievement Gap, Exeter, Choate, New York University, Brearley, Education Reform, Independent Schools, Phillips Academy, Prep for Prep, Business News

Have you heard of Prep for Prep? It's a brilliant idea realized. Here's how it works: Every year for the past thirty years, approximately 150 low-inc...

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HBO Raises the Bar Again With Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card

Dan Brown | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Schools, Susan Raymond, No Child Left Behind, Hbo, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Alan Raymond, Hard Times at Douglass High, Nclb, Entertainment News

Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are too smart to offer up any magic bullets. Their fascinating documentary puts viewers inside Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School for a full school year.

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Greening the School House

A. Siegel | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Energy, Public Schools, Politics, Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, Education, Green News

Taking aggressive action to green schools is one of the smartest steps the nation can take.

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Exclusive, Anonymous Book Excerpt: An Insider Reveals the "Drunks, Dingbats, and Dilettantes Who Write & Score America's Standardized Tests"

Dan Brown | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Education, Publishing Companies, Education Reform, Education Policy, Media News

I am highly critical of the current use of standardized tests in American public schools. While testing certainly deserves a place in the world, I bel...

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House Approves $20 Billion For Green Schools

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.06.2008 | Green

Read More: 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, Public Schools, Energy Efficient Schools, Green Schools Act, Energy Costs, Green Schools, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday committed more than $20 billion over the next five years to help states build and renovate schools to make them m...

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Thousands of Parents Stand Today for Public School Choice

Mike Piscal | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Public Schools, Parents, Los Angeles, Protest, Education, Charters, Politics News

Today several thousand parents will assemble to march on the Los Angeles Unified School District to demand choice, equity and accountability within California's public school system.

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Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Mentors, Education, Student Achievement, Teacher Residency Programs, Nclb, Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Barack Obama, Denver Post, Politics News

Last week in Colorado, Barack Obama gave a truly incisive speech on improving education in America.

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Beyond "The Big Test": A Brilliant Idea to Improve Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Fairtest, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, Testing, Essential Schools, Boston Globe, Assessment, Coalition for Essential Schools, Ces, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, National Exhibition Month, Ted Sizer, Living News

If a brilliant idea slapped us in the face for how to help public school students achieve more, would we recognize it? Today, schools' everyday funct...

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Watch and Join a Heated Three-Minute Education Debate

Dan Brown | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Partnership for Learning, Public Schools, Wendy Kopp, Performance Pay, No Child Left Behind, High-Stakes Testing, Robert Pondiscio, Teacher Quality, Core Knowledge, Teach for America, Ascd, Student Achievement, Amy Wilkins, American Federation of Teachers, Education Policy, Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, Student Assessment, Standardized Testing, Ed in 08, Teaching in the 408, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News

At last week's Ed in '08 Blogger Summit, I asked a question about alternatives to high-stakes testing to the education policy panel and received an an...

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Civil Disobedience: South Bronx 8th-Graders Refuse the TEST! (I'm Impressed.)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Public Schools, Student Achievement, Education Policy, High-Stakes Testing, School Accountability, Standardized Testing, Douglas Avella, South Bronx, I.S. 318, Living News

High-stakes testing has spiraled out of control and students are wise to the scheme. The reason we haven't seen more uprisings is that kids have been intellectually and spiritually bludgeoned into submission.

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Schools at Risk: A Unique Perspective

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Education History, Education Reform, Technology, Public Schools, Fertilizer, U.S High School Graduation Rate, Fritz Haber, Pills, Living News

Discussions about the condition of public schools usually center on curriculum, instruction and test scores. A new book by Gene V. Glass reads more like a thriller than an academic treatise.

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Newt Gingrich and Me: A Charged Moment at an Education Blogger Summit

Dan Brown | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Hotel Palomar, School Vouchers, Monopoly of Failure, Education Policy, Bloggers, School Funding, Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, School Reform, Education Sector, Teachers, Education Reform, New Gingrich, Ed in 08, Media News

Gingrich's automatic dismissal of everyone currently within the struggling education system feels parallel to the disastrous de-Baathification process following the US invasion of Iraq.

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I've Been Nominated for Education Blogger of the Year -- Thank You Huffington Post!

Dan Brown | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, Education, Nclb, Ed in '08, Blogging, Media News

It's been my great pleasure to help to stir the pot about issues affecting students, teachers, and families in America.

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Memo to Democrats: Talk More About Education

Dan Brown | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Democratic Primary, Education, Barack Obama, No Child Left Behind, George W. Bush, Arizona, Democrats, George Miller, High Stakes Testing, Nclb, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News

McCain's threadbare talking points on education offer prime ammunition for Democrats to help define his candidacy as Bush's third term.

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