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Infographic: Declining Confidence in America's Public Schools
Americans have more faith in their community's small businesses and police forces than in their kids' public schools.
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Waiting For Spider-Man? New Marvel Comic Features Charter School Lottery
With his application to a charter school, the new Spider-Man, Miles Morales, really is a 21st century teen.
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Does Teach For America's Summer Institute Really Prepare Teachers for the Classroom?
Institute guru Susan Asiyanbi responds to some of the common critiques of the intensive process.
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For the Good of All Students: Why I'm Marching for Education Justice
We don’t have to eradicate a person’s soul in order to make them a great leader and thinker.
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Why Denver Is a Model for Education in America
DSST Public Schools CEO Bill Kurtz shares what's working between charters and public schools in his town.
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Lights, Camera, Action: Los Angeles Parents Film PSA About the School Funding Crisis
Parents at Melrose Avenue Elementary pooled their entertainment industry talents to create a video that drives home a point: Schools need money.
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America Cares About Buying Guns, Not Educating Kids
America is set to spend 20 percent of our federal budget on defense and a mere 3 percent on education.
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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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Spike Lee Wants More Black Male Teachers
Forget business, law, and medicine. With black men making up only 1.7 percent of American school teachers, they need to head to the classroom.
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Joel Klein: Adults To Blame for Children Being Left Behind
Klein's reflections upon his exit seem to reflect a new dogma shared by education reformers.
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New Report Puts the Black Male Achievement Crisis in the Spotlight
The latest study on urban black male academic achievement is out, and the data is pretty grim.
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Should Diversity Be a Mandate of Elite Public Schools?
Some of the best public schools in the country have a dearth of black and Hispanic students.
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Is Your State Funding Its Neediest Students?
A new national report card looks at how states are funding their schools.
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Education Reform Soldiers on Without Michelle Rhee (For Now)
While Rhee will resign her post as chancellor of D.C. public school, we certainly haven't heard the last of her.
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Education: Morning Roundup, D.C. Schools Not Good Enough for Obama Girls
Morning Roundup: From The Washington Post: Obama: D.C. schools don't measure up to his daughters' private school President Obama reopened...
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Whole Foods Wants to Put 300 Salad Bars in Public Schools
Hat tip to Julie's Health Club blog over at The Chicago Tribune, which pointed to a collaboration between Whole Foods and the Food, Family,...
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Scholarships Awarded to Remote Pacific Islanders
Twenty-one students from across Micronesia will enroll in prestigious private schools this fall with the help of scholarships from the Habele...
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Arts Funding Down in New York City Schools
Between the years of 2006 and 2009, spending on the arts and music in New York City public schools went in the opposite direction of overall...
