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Educators Expect Obama To Change No Child Left Behind

Daily Herald | Matt Arado | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama No Child Left Behind, Obama School Reform, No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Barack Obama Education Policy, Obama Education, Chicago News

One of President Bush's most noteworthy accomplishments - the No Child Left Behind law enacted in 2002 - might undergo some fundamental changes when ...

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"Reinvest, Don't Disinvest" in Education: Randi Weingarten Takes the National Stage

Dan Brown | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Nea, American Federation of Teachers, Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, Economy, Michael Bloomberg, National Education Association, United Federation of Teachers, Barack Obama, Nclb, Aft, Teachers, Education Reform, National Press Club, George Miller, Dennis Van Roekel, Politics News
Dan Brown

Weingarten's speech was an impassioned call to spare the hatchet -- or scalpel -- in federal funding for education.

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Class Warfare with a TARP

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Tarp, American Express, Goldman Sachs, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bailout, General Motors, Chrysler, Clean Skies, No Child Left Behind, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, Aig, Ford, Business News
Michael B. Laskoff

It stands for Troubled Asset Relief Program, but the first word should really be Troubling. The haste with which it was created... is the best evidence of its flawed nature.

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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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Ideas for Obama

Curtis Black | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Housing, Green Jobs, President Obama, Jobs, Transportation, Immigration Reform, Broadband, Foreclosure Crisis, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, School Reform, Media Reform, Social Services, Sprawl, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Community Organizers, Chicago News
Curtis Black

President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.

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McCain's Education Plan is Scary as Hell

Dan Brown | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nea, John McCain, Early Childhood Education, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Community Schools, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Teacher Quality, Education, School Vouchers, Teacher Recruitment, Deregulation, School Choice, Head Start, Alan Greenspan, Education Reform, Election 2008, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Dan Brown

Reforming America's inadequate public school system--a crucial priority for our country's future-- should not be undertaken with a failed ideology. Th...

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More Schools Failing No Child Left Behind

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 10.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: No Child Left Behind Failures, Illinois Education, Illinois Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Chicago News

Nearly a third of all Illinois public schools failed to hit rising test targets during the 2007-2008 school year, one of the worst performances since ...

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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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Education and the Election: A Crucial Constituency Raises its Voice

Dan Brown | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Education, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Parents United for Responsible Education, Common Sense Reforms, Class Size Matters, Public Schools Teacher Quality, Election 2008, Joe Biden, Education Reform, Leonie Hamison, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Dan Brown

When parents organize, it's hard to ignore. Chicago-based Parents United for Responsible Education and New York City-based Class Size Matters have jum...

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Action: House to Vote on No Child Left Inside Act Next Week

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green News, Environmental Education, Congress, Environmentalism, No Child Left Inside, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Josh Nelson

That's right, we're expecting a vote as early as Tuesday September 9th. This is a huge leap forward for the environmental education movement. Not f...

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Virtual Learning Hits Campaign Trail

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Education, John McCain, Education, Education Reform, No Child Left Behind, John McCain Education Solutions, Politics News
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn

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.

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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
Alexander Russo

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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McCain and Obama's Education Policies: Nine Things You need to Know

Martin Carnoy | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

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.

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Illuminating Public Schools' Possibilities: "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way"

Dan Brown | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Aft, Education, Urban Education, Nclb, High-Stakes Testing, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Teachers, Education Reform, Nea, Brian Schultz, Project Citizen, Living News
Dan Brown

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?

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First Lady Follies

Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, High-Stakes Testing, School Report Cards, Education, Kaura Bush, George W. Bush, Home News
Gerald Bracey

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...

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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
Dan Brown

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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A Roundtable Discussion about Education

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Teachers, School, Teacher, No Child Left Behind, National Teacher of the Year, Charlie Rose, Politics News
Charlie Rose

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...

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My Conversation with Wendy Kopp

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Tfa, Education, Charlie Rose, Wendy Kopp, Teachers, Teaching, School, Teach, Entertainment News
Charlie Rose

One of the key challenges that America faces is how to improve our educational system. I have recently begun a series of conversations, underwritten ...

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Education Voters

Ben Terris | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Young Voters, Education, Travel, Youth Vote, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Divide, Home News
Ben Terris

Talking politics with young people across the country has meant talking about education. "What works," says one, "is retaining teachers and recruiting volunteers, people to push the kids hard at school."

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The Vagaries of Vouchers

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: No Child Left Behind, School Reform, Washington Post, Vouchers, Washington, Media News
Gerald Bracey

What is with the Washington Post? one week says that the Washington, D. C. voucher program doesn't work -- the next it runs an editorial begging Congress not to kill the program.

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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
Dan Brown

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
Dan Brown

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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Education Reform: Ideas for the Way Forward

Pedro Noguera | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Time, Reform, Education, Susan Neuman, Bush, Politics News
Pedro Noguera

Here is an interesting story from TIME.com that I highly recommend. I'll have more to say about "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" tomorrow. h...

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Sandra Day O'Connor Rules Video Games

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Video Games, Sandra Day O'Connor, No Child Left Behind, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

The nearly octogenarian former Supreme is now in the digital game development business. She's involved in creating a free online game called "Our Courts" in which kids argue real legal issues applying real laws.

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