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Should Schools Go Back to 1983 Technology?
A class of suburban Chicago sixth graders gives up the internet, cable TV, and cell phones for a week—and survives.
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Geoffrey Canada Tells Stephen Colbert Racism Has Nothing to Do with the Achievement Gap
The Waiting for Superman star says teachers unions are to blame for everything wrong in public education.
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Facebook and Privacy: Fired for Beer Photos?
Think your Facebook profile is private? So did former teacher Ashley Payne, till she got fired for posting pictures from a European vacation.
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iNsane? Auburn, Maine, Is Giving an iPad2 to Every Kindergarten Student
Next school year, every five-year-old in Maine will learn via iPad. Is it too much tech too soon?
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Year in Review 2010: California Set the Trends in Education
The state that brought you Lauren Conrad, the Black Eyed Peas, and gangster rap goes hard with education reform, too.
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Why Teachers Shouldn't Be Expected to Talk About Bin Laden's Death
My fourth-grade son's teacher didn't talk about the killing of Osama bin Laden in class—and that was a good decision.
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Q&A: Laurie David on the Importance of Sharing a Meal
Laurie David's new book chronicles the lost art of the family dinner. Some advice on how the rest of us might make shared meals more of a routine.
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Why Standardized Tests Kill the Joy of Learning
How bureaucracy in education is failing our children, one standardized test at a time.
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Education Reform? Student Activists Are Doing It Themselves
While debates about education policy rage on in Washington, D.C. many students are taking matters into their own hands.
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Is Jail Time the Best Way to Get Parents Involved in Education?
Extreme and less-extreme measures for getting parents to pay attention to their child's education.
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Should We Pay Kids To Go to School?
The days of "learning to love learning" may be behind us. These days, education reformers are coalescing around a kitchen sink approach to...
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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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Are Schools on the Verge of a Mobile-Phone Revolution?
Over 75 percent of teens own cell phones, making them the perfect tool for learning—if teachers are on board with using them.
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Video: Detroit Student Cries Over "Disgrace" of City's Public Schools
A new two-hour special by Dan Rather looks at the (many) shortcomings of Detroit's public schools. Let's hope it looks at some solutions, too.
Education
What's the Parent Trigger?
How parents can turn around failing schools.
Education
Michelle Rhee Forms National Education Reform Advocacy Group
Michelle Rhee is taking on teachers' unions and other special interest groups with her new politically inclined education reform organization.
Education
College Majors and Cash: Follow the Money or Your Dreams?
If engineering majors make almost twice what the average liberal arts major earns, should everybody just become engineers?
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Why the Compton Parent Trigger Lawsuit Is a Good Thing
The suit will set precedent for all future parent trigger attempts in both California and the rest of the nation.
