Education

St. Cecilia Over Her Shoulder: A Lifetime Of Small Miracles Steer An Immigrant From Germany To Chicago

Czerina Salud and Sandra Wong Geroux | Posted 08.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Giesla, Classical Music, Education, Immigration, Goettling, Germany, Opera, Spirituality, Gisela Krause, Chicago Immigration, Chicago News
Czerina Salud and Sandra Wong Geroux

The American opera houses didn't know it yet, but amidst the backdrop of postwar Germany, one of its most passionate advocates and educators was about to begin her journey into the realm of their epic institution. Like every remarkable journey, the road to Oz was fraught with danger, but also miracles, along the way.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is Bridging Gaps: Past to Present, Harlem to Harvard

Dan Brown | Posted 08.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Dna, Public Schools, Learning First Alliance, Black America, Morgan Freeman, Pbs, Tina Turner, Harvard, Don Cheadle, Education, Claus Von Zastrow, Family Research, Chris Rock, Genealogy, Family Tree, Education Reform, African American Lives, Henry Louis Gates, African Americans, Media News
Dan Brown

Renowned professor and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has a new project that could be a true gift for raising engagement in African American students. ...

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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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Texas School District To Let Teachers Carry Guns

Reuters | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Texas, Harrold, Gun Laws, Education, Gun Control, Guns, Home News

HOUSTON - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said ...

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What Makes Bobby Run

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Achievement, National Assessment, Fear Mongering, Education, Education Reform, Motives, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Bob Wise was speaking on C-SPAN and equated the National Assessment of Educational Progress achievement level of proficient to grade level. This is absurd on its face.

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Don't Make Kids Pawns of School Funding Mess

Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Rev. James Meeks, Chicago Public Schools, School Boycott, CPS Funding, Chicago Public Schools Fudning, Chicago Schools Funding, Civil Rights, Cps, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

I've got a suggestion for pastor and state Sen. James Meeks: No need to go all the way to New Trier to see disparities in school spending--a trip across town to Walter Payton will do just as well.

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Send Bill O'Reilly Back to School

Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Kids, Fox News, Education, Book, Children, School, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Robert Greenwald

Parents are starting to shop for their children's school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course, O'Reilly's book, The O'Reilly Factor for Kids. Which of these things is not like the others?

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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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Need A Student Loan? Good Luck

ABC | Alice Gomstyn | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Education, Student Loans, Economy, Business News

Forget back-to-school shopping: With just a few weeks to go before the start of the fall semester, many college students are doing some last-minute st...

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What to Do: Blow Myself Up or Study Engineering at Caltech?

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Great Satan, 9/11, Bin Laden, Islam, Education, Military, Muslims, Radical Islam, Terrorism, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Sometimes the answer to a problem isn't as hard as we think it is. In fact, it may be downright easy. But something in our makeup prevents us from eit...

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School's Coming -- Got Your List?

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Schools, Shopping, Economy, Fall Shopping, Humor, Back to School, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

During the past decade, while scrambling to fill for Back to School requirements, I became aware of an intriguing fact: The List is the same everywhere. Why have conspiracy theorists not jumped onto this bandwagon?

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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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Black in America on CNN: Are We There Yet?

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 07.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Civil Rights, Pbs, Public Schools, New Orleans, Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Healthy Living, Education, Inner City Obama, Race, Barck Obama, AIDS Washington D.C., Cnn, Race Relations, Poverty and Health, Cable News, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

For blacks, it is a call to arms, a celebration of ingenuity, from the breakfast table to the church, to the classroom, to the street. For whites, Black in America has to be just as complicated to watch.

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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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Home Economics

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Jamie Lee Curtis, Education, Schools, Skills, Home Economics, Children, Living News
Jamie Lee Curtis

We are Americans and we are getting an F in educating our children. Wake up and smell the global competition. We need to let our elected leaders know that education is the most important issue in this election.

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Fox News: It's Eductaoinal!

Bob Harris | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Education, Spelling Bee, Spelling Bee Champion, Adult Illiteracy, Spelling Bee Winner, Fox News, Fox, Media, Scripps Nationals Spelling Bee, National Spelling Bee, Media News
Bob Harris

Hat tips to ThinkProgress and NewsHounds. ...

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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The Endless Potential of the Labor Movement and a Strong President to Revive America's Economy and Its Middle Class

Randi Weingarten | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Uft, Aft, Education, Randi Weingarten, Barack Obama, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

Those who care about our economy and the conditions under which many children are being raised in our country today need to be reminded that when unions are strong, the country thrives.

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The Washington Post Pimps an Ad

Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Science, Internnational Comparisons, Education, Tests, Technology, Presidential Campaign, Rand, Home News
Gerald Bracey

The Washington Post pimping for an ad. Can you believe it? The pimpiness appeared Sunday, July 13. Who put them up to that? The ad in question is ...

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The Anxiety Business

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Education, Sat Prep, College Board Sat, College Board, College, Cost of Higher Education, SAT Testing, College Admissions Craze, Sat Tutors, Higher Education, SAT's, Living News
Eliot Schrefer

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.

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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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Charter Schools Get the Test Scores Up

Tom Lowry | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York City Schools, Urban Schools, Jeffrey Bewkes, Education, Herb Allen, Charter Schools, Sun Valley, Richard Parsons, Deborah Kenny, Jeff Bewkes, Politics News
Tom Lowry

Unlike most of her audience of media moguls, charter school impresario Deborah Kenny has some positive results to brag about. Test scores have improved dramatically at her schools in just five years.

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Convene, Connect, Transform: Teachers on Roll to Transform Schools

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: NETS.T, Education Software, Brainpop, Education, Technology in Education, Knezek, Necc, Teachers, Teaching, Google, Business News
Esther Wojcicki

Anyone in San Antonio, Texas last week would have thought that American education had entered a new digital age.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Avoids Immigration In Speech To Latino Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, John McCain, Latino Voters, Immigration, Teachers, Barack Obama, Lulac, Politics News

John McCain's speechwriters must have done some homework on reaching out to Latino voters. In his speech before the League of United Latin American Ci...

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