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Barack Obama, "These Kids" and Charter Public Schools

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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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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The U. S. Produces the Lion's Share of Top Scoring Students

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

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Gerald Bracey

The US has more than double the number of students scoring at the highest level in the science assessment of the Programme of International Student Assessment than any other OECD nation.

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Sarah Palin: Below-Average American

Disgrasian | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

An as-yet-to-be-authenticated, high school transcript of Sarah Palin's was posted on Gawker Thursday, and it's a doozy. Apparently, Sarah Palin scored an 841 out of 1600.

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At the Wall Street Journal, Firewall Crumbling?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

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Gerald Bracey

At the Wall Street Journal, Firewall Crumbling? The best newspapers try to establish a firewall between the reporting staff and the editorial folk. ...

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Are Cuba's Schools Better than Ours?

Martin Carnoy | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Martin Carnoy

Maybe we could learn something from the Cubans about the rights we deny many of our children -- a safe environment, decent health care, and schools that guarantee them high levels of learning

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We Didn't Do It!

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

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Gerald Bracey

American educators are, by and large, a passive bunch. Comes the lashing over our alleged failures and we mostly take a "this too shall pass," or an ...

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On the Supply of Scientists and Engineers

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.03.2008 | Living

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Gerald Bracey

If high schools were doing a poor job in math and science, one might expect that kids couldn't cut it in S&E programs. But, most dropouts from S&E programs occur because of dissatisfaction with the quality of instruction.

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Diane Does Rush

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pirls, Test Scores, Education, Public Education Reform, Diane Ravitch, Lee Bray, Pisa, Education Disparity, Public Education, Education Debates, Education in America, Naep, Sandia Report, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Dianne Ravitch says that "If anything, today's students are performing better than previous students." Does that sound like painting a rosy picture to you?

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The Problem with Merit Pay

Dave Riegel | Posted 08.31.2007 | Politics

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Dave Riegel

The strongest arguments against merit pay are philosophical. The real debate today should be about whether the schools created under they tyranny of NCLB are the kinds of schools we want to have.

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