Education Policy

The Economic Bailout Is Not Enough: The Case for Obama, Education, and the Longer View

Martin Carnoy | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tuition Tax Credits, Economic Bailout, Teacher Quality, John McCain, Economic Crisis, Federal Investment Policy, Education Policy, Economic Growth, High School Dropouts, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Obama gave twelve major education speeches in this campaign and McCain only two. McCain hasn't introduced a major education initiative in his 26 years in Congress.

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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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Your Education Policies Don't Figure: An Open Letter to John McCain

Martin Carnoy | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Vouchers, Barack Obama, Early Childhood Education, Education Policy, Teachers, Low-Income Children, John McCain, Lisa Graham Keegan, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Here is what puzzles me: none of what you and Graham Keegan claim for vouchers is based on any available evidence.

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Save The Children

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Children, Education Policy, Marriage Equality in CA, No on Prop 8, Ridiculous Scare Tactics, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Marriage Equality, Gay Parents, LGBT Families, Prop. 8, Parents, Gay Marriage, Living News
Sara Whitman

So what if kids do come home and ask about gay families? If you're really such a bigot, just spew out all the hateful things you have to say about homosexuality. See it as a teachable moment.

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Campaigns Heat Up Under the Arizona Sun

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Pro Choice, Arizona Republicans, John McCain, Education Policy, Arizona Democratic Party, Arizona State Legislature, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, Governor Janet Napolitano, Home News
Marlene H. Phillips

Under a spectacular blue Arizona sky, Governor Janet Napolitano kicked off a Democratic day of action in a small park outside of Tucson. In the shadow...

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Presidential Candidates on Early Education

Cornelia Grumman | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Early Education, Education, Barack Obama, Education Policy, Head Start, Presidential Debates, Policy, John McCain, Politics News
Cornelia Grumman

The tidal wave of post-debate fact-checking ignored a subtle misunderstanding near the end of Wednesday's presidential debate. But no wonder, the issue was early education -- a forgotten stepchild of this presidential campaign.

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Candidates Agree On Education Goals, Differ On Path To Get There

Richard Riehl | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Department of Education, Education, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, Homeschooling, Head Start, Election 2008, Accountability, Barack Obama, John McCain, Parental Involvement, Home News
Richard Riehl

Obama goes into great detail about how to improve schools. McCain's message is much simpler. Public schools should be just one option of many, including home schooling.

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Children Deserve A Sex Education Policy That Provides Answers

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Education Policy, Palin Sex Education, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama; John Mccain; Sex Education; Abstinence; Condoms, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Bristol Palin, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

Instead of creating educational safety, McCain and Palin would have our students learn from creationism that one day they will wake to find a rib missing and a new mate by their sides.

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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
Dan Brown

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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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
Dan Brown

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
Dan Brown

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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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
Dan Brown

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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The Mounting Collateral Damage of No Child Left Behind

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Damage, Teacher Morale, Nclb, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Those who are trying to stoke the presidential candidates' interest in education as an election issue aren't having much luck. Not that the public would be paying attention anyway.

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The Biggest Education Issue That Is Not Education

Michele McNeil | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Care, 2008 Election, Offthebus, John McCain, John McCain Education, Hillary Clinton Education, Barack Obama Education, Barack Obama, Education, Education Policy, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Education 2008 Election, Education Reform, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Home News
Michele McNeil

Perhaps the single most important thing that the next president can do for schools has little to do with education, at least on its face. It's reforming health care.

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New York City Schools Receive Misleading Report Cards

Dan Brown | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: School Report Cards, Education, Education Policy, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, No Child Left Behind, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Standardized Testing, High Stakes Testing, New York City, Politics News
Dan Brown

New York City has led the charge into a dangerous era of importing statistics-driven paradigms from the business sphere. These mechanistic models are an ill fit in education, a wholly human institution.

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