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Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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,...
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
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.
Education
Segregation Still a Problem in New Orleans's Revamped School System
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans seized an opportunity to redesign its public school system, shepherding in a wave of...
Education
A World Without Private Schools
Celebrated charter school founder Steve Barr likes to envision an education system where private schools are illegal. "What would happen if Bill...
Education
Is Your State Funding Its Neediest Students?
A new national report card looks at how states are funding their schools.
Cities
GOOD Ideas for Cities: Supporting Neighborhood Public Schools
How to get residents of a city to support their local public school? Make it as popular as the neighborhood bar.
Education
60 Minutes' Hopeful Profile of D.C.'s SEED School
Last night, 60 Minutes profiled the first "urban, public boarding school" in the country: the SEED School of Washington, D.C. Like its previous...
Education
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...
The Community Board
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...
Education
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.
Education
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...
