Seeing Ability through Disability
Ingrid Ioan says her wheelchair is not a disadvantage - just a small bump in the road. "I don't see disability as an obstacle," says the University o...
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St. Cecilia Over Her Shoulder: A Lifetime Of Small Miracles Steer An Immigrant From Germany To Chicago
Czerina Salud and Sandra Wong Geroux | Posted 08.20.2008 | Chicago
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The American opera houses didn't know it yet, but amidst the backdrop of postwar Germany, one of its most passionate advocates and educators was about to begin her journey into the realm of their epic institution. Like every remarkable journey, the road to Oz was fraught with danger, but also miracles, along the way.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Bridging Gaps: Past to Present, Harlem to Harvard
Dan Brown | Posted 08.19.2008 | Media
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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. ...
Virtual Learning Hits Campaign Trail
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
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With McCain's ideas on education, we finally have something new that can move us beyond the tired debates around No Child Left Behind. McCain supports virtual learning -- to the tune of $1 billion a year.
Texas School District To Let Teachers Carry Guns
Reuters | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home
HOUSTON - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said ...
What Makes Bobby Run
Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics
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Bob Wise was speaking on C-SPAN and equated the National Assessment of Educational Progress achievement level of proficient to grade level. This is absurd on its face.
Don't Make Kids Pawns of School Funding Mess
Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago
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I've got a suggestion for pastor and state Sen. James Meeks: No need to go all the way to New Trier to see disparities in school spending--a trip across town to Walter Payton will do just as well.
Send Bill O'Reilly Back to School
Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media
Parents are starting to shop for their children's school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course, O'Reilly's book, The O'Reilly Factor for Kids. Which of these things is not like the others?
McCain Takes Advantage Of Dems' Divide On Education
Alexander Russo | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
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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.
McCain and Obama's Education Policies: Nine Things You need to Know
Martin Carnoy | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
While education policy may not be the key deciding point for most voters, at least you'll know what the candidates propose on this important issue.
Need A Student Loan? Good Luck
ABC | Alice Gomstyn | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business
Forget back-to-school shopping: With just a few weeks to go before the start of the fall semester, many college students are doing some last-minute st...
What to Do: Blow Myself Up or Study Engineering at Caltech?
Russ Wellen | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
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Sometimes the answer to a problem isn't as hard as we think it is. In fact, it may be downright easy. But something in our makeup prevents us from eit...
School's Coming -- Got Your List?
Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living
During the past decade, while scrambling to fill for Back to School requirements, I became aware of an intriguing fact: The List is the same everywhere. Why have conspiracy theorists not jumped onto this bandwagon?
Illuminating Public Schools' Possibilities: "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way"
Dan Brown | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living
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What happens when a teacher decides to disregard the canned standards and the stacks of test prep materials? Do the students wallow in ignorance, cheated out of a proper education by an "activist" teacher?
Black in America on CNN: Are We There Yet?
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 07.27.2008 | Media
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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.
First Lady Follies
Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
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First Lady Follies Laura Bush says that, come what may, No Child Left Behind will be a part of her husband's legacy. Absolutely. Some of us think i...
Home Economics
Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living
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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.
Fox News: It's Eductaoinal!
Bob Harris | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media
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Hat tips to ThinkProgress and NewsHounds. ...
One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards
Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
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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.
The Endless Potential of the Labor Movement and a Strong President to Revive America's Economy and Its Middle Class
Randi Weingarten | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Those who care about our economy and the conditions under which many children are being raised in our country today need to be reminded that when unions are strong, the country thrives.
The Washington Post Pimps an Ad
Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home
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The Washington Post pimping for an ad. Can you believe it? The pimpiness appeared Sunday, July 13. Who put them up to that? The ad in question is ...
The Anxiety Business
Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living
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The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.
A Roundtable Discussion about Education
Charlie Rose | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
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The American public school system has long been under scrutiny and in crisis. However, there is growing sentiment that large scale reform could be po...
Charter Schools Get the Test Scores Up
Tom Lowry | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
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Unlike most of her audience of media moguls, charter school impresario Deborah Kenny has some positive results to brag about. Test scores have improved dramatically at her schools in just five years.
Convene, Connect, Transform: Teachers on Roll to Transform Schools
Esther Wojcicki | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business
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Anyone in San Antonio, Texas last week would have thought that American education had entered a new digital age.
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