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Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Life

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Dan Brown

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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A Roundtable Discussion about Education

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

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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

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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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My Conversation with Wendy Kopp

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment

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Charlie Rose

One of the key challenges that America faces is how to improve our educational system. I have recently begun a series of conversations, underwritten ...

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What Sort of "Objectivity" in the Classroom?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Mark Kleiman

A faculty with a particular political "tilt" needs to make conscious efforts to police itself in order to protect the intellectual freedom of its students.

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Beyond "The Big Test": A Brilliant Idea to Improve Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 05.28.2008 | Life

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Dan Brown

If a brilliant idea slapped us in the face for how to help public school students achieve more, would we recognize it? Today, schools' everyday funct...

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Watch and Join a Heated Three-Minute Education Debate

Dan Brown | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

At last week's Ed in '08 Blogger Summit, I asked a question about alternatives to high-stakes testing to the education policy panel and received an an...

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Newt Gingrich and Me: A Charged Moment at an Education Blogger Summit

Dan Brown | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

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Dan Brown

Gingrich's automatic dismissal of everyone currently within the struggling education system feels parallel to the disastrous de-Baathification process following the US invasion of Iraq.

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Creationist Movie Expelled with Ben Stein: A Blasphemy to Nazi-Resister Teachers

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment

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Paul Abrams

Ben Stein manufactures a conspiracy theory in which Big Science, Big Media, and Big Government conspire to suppress academic freedom.

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School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

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Why So Few Male Teachers Today? Does it Matter?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2008 | Life

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Dan Brown

Should we offer incentives to males to balance out a female-dominated profession?

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Today is Redemption Day in Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 12.21.2007 | Life

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Dan Brown

The week of winter break is a hard-won milestone in the school year, a crucial opportunity for teacher and students to decompress, spend time with family, and reflect.

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New York City Teachers Agree to Performance Pay, And I Have a Problem With It

Dan Brown | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

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Dan Brown

The rules of this multiple-choice game are not transferable to the greater world. Such a depersonalized system should not rule education, a wholly human institution.

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You (Tube) Can Make A Difference

Michael Tonello | Posted 11.13.2007 | Life

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Michael Tonello

Whilst on YouTube, idly browsing through videos, I stumbled across one called "The Most Terrifying Video You Will Ever See."

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John Edwards: Education Visionary?

Dan Brown | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Edwards' plan has refreshingly raised the level of the education discussion among presidential candidates. His plan indicates he "gets it."

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Designer Zac Posen & DHL Join to Support Teachers

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 09.21.2007 | Life

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Esther Wojcicki

Local school boards need to work on the salary and administrative issues, but TeachersCount is working to change the way Americans view their teachers.

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The First Day of "The Great Expectations School"

Dan Brown | Posted 09.11.2007 | Life

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Dan Brown

I was determined from the first day to maintain high expectations for all my students, giving everybody the blank slate I felt we all needed.

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The Problem with Merit Pay

Dave Riegel | Posted 08.31.2007 | Politics

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Dave Riegel

The strongest arguments against merit pay are philosophical. The real debate today should be about whether the schools created under they tyranny of NCLB are the kinds of schools we want to have.

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