Well, if there was any worry about tensions between Barack Obama and the Clintons creating havoc for the Democrats come November, one issue that shouldn’t cause any worry is education. In speeches this past week, Obama and Bill Clinton sounded as though they had worked together intimately to devise a proposal to improve education […]
Archive for the 'Education Policy' Category
Obama and (Bill) Clinton the same on education?
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9 July 2008 |
11:25 |
Education Policy |
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Let’s require lunch too!
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24 May 2008 |
10:46 |
Education Policy, Youth Rights |
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Problem: Students are taking more and more APs, joining more extracurriculars and other activities (not to mention fulfilling all their other academic requirements) to become more attractive to colleges, and now it becomes clear that they are too busy to have a complete lunch or must have lunch in their classes.
Solution (according to a few […]
Problem: Students are taking more and more APs, joining more extracurriculars and other activities (not to mention fulfilling all their other academic requirements) to become more attractive to colleges, and now it becomes clear that they are too busy to have a complete lunch or must have lunch in their classes.
Solution (according to a few […]
Richard Rothstein’s newest focus
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6 February 2008 |
20:36 |
Education Policy, Research and Reports |
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Economic Policy Institute Research Associate and former New York Times education columnist Richard Rothstein is getting into some interesting territory in an article entitled “Leaving ‘No Child Left Behind’ Behind,”published in The American Prospect. Specifically he’s talking about (and will be talking about on February 21 at Teachers College in NYC) the need to […]
Economic Policy Institute Research Associate and former New York Times education columnist Richard Rothstein is getting into some interesting territory in an article entitled “Leaving ‘No Child Left Behind’ Behind,”published in The American Prospect. Specifically he’s talking about (and will be talking about on February 21 at Teachers College in NYC) the need to […]
Diane Ravitch - is she starting to “get it”?
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6 February 2008 |
18:22 |
Education Policy, NYC Education, Youth Rights |
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Analysis of Diane Ravitch lecture at Bank Street College of Education, February 4, 2008:
It seemed at first that Diane Ravitch may have had a complete change of heart. She spoke strongly against the No Child Left Behind law and Bloomberg’s “Children First” New York City education reform efforts, especially the excessive testing provisions (even […]
Analysis of Diane Ravitch lecture at Bank Street College of Education, February 4, 2008:
It seemed at first that Diane Ravitch may have had a complete change of heart. She spoke strongly against the No Child Left Behind law and Bloomberg’s “Children First” New York City education reform efforts, especially the excessive testing provisions (even […]
Parent Group Protests NYC School Grading Scheme
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11 December 2007 |
10:47 |
Education Policy, NYC Education |
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Time Out From Testing, a parent group in NYC opposed to high-stakes testing and standardization in education, sent out a letter to its supporters describing the recent NYC Council Education Committee Hearing on the controversial new school report card scheme. Kudos to TOFT! Read on…
Today the parents from Time Out From Testing, representing […]
Time Out From Testing, a parent group in NYC opposed to high-stakes testing and standardization in education, sent out a letter to its supporters describing the recent NYC Council Education Committee Hearing on the controversial new school report card scheme. Kudos to TOFT! Read on…
Today the parents from Time Out From Testing, representing […]