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Charter Schools: A Seat at the Cool Kids' Table
As it concerns charter schools, whether you're hoping to sound really smart at your next dinner party or just generally catch up to speed, the...
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A Trayvon Martin Fundraiser Cost a Teacher Her Job—And Showed the Value of Unions
Brooke Harris was fired after supporting her students' plan to raise money for Martin's family.
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Joel Klein Compares Teachers to Murderers
The former schools chancellor heads across the pond and slams Gotham's teachers.
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Is the Charter School Boom Really Good for Kids?
The number of students enrolled in charter schools is higher than ever, but they're not an educational promised land.
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Two Angry Teachers Rap About Being Fired By LAUSD
Two teachers laid off by LAUSD take to YouTube, creating a rap song illustrating how Angelenos can help thousands of teachers get their jobs back.
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How Do We Break the Pattern of Poor Teaching for Poor Children?
Teaching that encourages creativity and critical thinking is increasingly reserved for affluent children.
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Rahm Emanuel Slammed by Chicago High School Students
Chicago's mayoral race front-runner claims the city's highest performing schools are charters. A group of students says he didn't do his homework.
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Detroit's Plan to Close Half Its Schools? Now They're Turning Them Into Charters
The beleaguered school system plans to turn 41 campuses over to charter organizations. The thing is, they're not any better than public schools.
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Hundreds of Teachers Agree: Budget Cuts Are Gutting American Education
At a town hall event, teachers were honest about how budget cuts make it harder to close the achievement gap.
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Half of Detroit's Schools May Close
Financial mismanagement and declining enrollment are ringing a death knell for Detroit's schools.
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Geoffrey Canada to Headline Chicago Education Summit
Can Geoffrey Canada's education-reform blueprint transform public school in Chicago?
Education
The Lottery: See This Film
Earlier this year, we introduced you to 27-year-old Madeleine Sackler, a former freelance editor turned documentarian, who, after watching news...
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KIPP's Graduation Rate Stats Spark Charter School Debate
Data from the charter school network shows a higher college graduation rate than for students attending regular public schools.
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New Orleans and the School Choice Experiment
The Libertarians over at Reason put together a video on the reform of the New Orleans public schools in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005....
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California Attorney General to Investigate Compton Parent Trigger Move
It's war between the adults involved in the pulling of the parent trigger at McKinley Elementary in Compton, California.
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Does the Harlem Children's Zone Need the "Zone"?
A new report out of the non-partisan Brookings Institution takes a shot across the nose of one of education reform's newest sacred cows: the...
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Geoffrey Canada Responds to Brookings Study on Harlem Children's Zone
Earlier this week, the non-partisan Brookings Institution issued a report about the effectiveness of the Harlem Children's Zone. It concluded...
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Developing Better Teachers by Training Them Like Medical School Residents
A new training program is educating teachers the way medical schools educate doctors. Can it help close America's persistent achievement gap?
