Education

Best School Moments

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 12.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Teachers, Learning How to Read, School Science Programs, Youth Development, Extracurricular Program, Outward Bound, FIRST Robotics National Championship, Expeditionary Learning, Students and Science, School Programs, Science Programs, Progressive Education, Living News
Tom Vander Ark

There's nothing more thrilling than watching a first grader string sounds and words together and then beam with pride and understanding, "I'm reading!"

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Right Problem; Wrong Solution

Dr. Susan Neuman | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Lou Gerstner, Education, Tests, Politics News
Dr. Susan Neuman

According to Lou Gerstner in his December 1st op-ed piece in Wall Street Journal, schools today are failing miserably to educate students for 21st kno...

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What's a Liberal Arts Education Good For?

Michael Roth | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Liberal Education, Education, College, Politics News
Michael Roth

A quick look at several members of President-elect Obama's leadership team can stand as an example of how those with a liberal arts education are shaping the future of our society.

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An Interactive State of the City

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Politics, Education, Gavin Newsom, Internet, Environment, Green, San Francisco, Youtube, Mayor Newsom, Technology, Health Care, California, State of the City, Video, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Instead of a traditional speech behind a podium, this year I am delivering my State of the City address directly to my constituents in a series of ten webisodes.

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Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Malik Rahim, Youth Vote, Surveillance, Decriminalization, Criminal Justice, War on Drugs, Libertarian Party, Housing Crisis, Marriage Equality, Politics, Liberty, Education, Democratic Electoral Strategy, Climate Change, Green Party, Healthcare, Congressional Elections, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

While Obama has supported many LGBT rights in the past and favors secular civil unions as a solution to the inequality currently imposed, he has stopped short of calling for full marriage equality.

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What Will Obama's "Good Jobs in America" Mean for Women?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Education, Preschool, Employment, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Obama Transition, Obama's Economic Team, Barack Obama, Gender, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Obama says he wants to address the immediate economic crisis in a way that supports long term goals. If one of those goals is reducing gender inequality, then universal pre-k education might be a good place to start.

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Men and Women Take on the Economy Together

Indra Adnan | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Economic Team, Women, Education, Women Men Softpower Obama Gender Feminism Mothers Children, Emotion, Work, Emotionalintelligence, Worklifebalance, Men, Obama, Society, Softpower, Feminism, Fathers, Gender, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.

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Homework: Adversarial Relationships?

Robert Rose | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Homework Troubles, Education, Homework, Teachers, Education Reform, Students, Parents, Happiness, Living News
Robert Rose

I watched and it proved my stance on homework. It creates an adversarial relationship between the parents, between the parents and child, and between the family and the teacher.

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Schools Facing Big Budget Bust: Opportunity for Overhaul?

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Education, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Budget Cuts, Economy, Teacher Layoffs, State Budgets, Education Financial Crisis, School Budget, Education and the Recession, Education Budget, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

While far from easy, states with courageous governors could use this crisis to make a radical change: cut the budget by 10% and send the money directly to schools.

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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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