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Opinion: The Missing Link in Education Reform

(Dec. 9) -- No longer can we "wait for Superman" to fix America's education system. As politicians, researchers, educators and even filmmakers continue to debate why the United States has dropped to number 25 in educational achievement in the world, the role of high-quality early childhood education in closing America's...

Opinion: Schools Need to Get Smart About Spending

(Sept. 20) -- Parents across the country are seeing firsthand the effects of tight school budgets this year. Hawaii, for example, cut back to a four-day school week for much of last spring. San Jose, Calif., delayed the start of bus services for hundreds of special-needs students until several weeks after school began...

Opinion: Black High School Dropout Crisis Calls for New Approach

(Sept. 3) -- A generation of black men run the risk of not being qualified to operate an on/off switch. That's almost no exaggeration. In the 2010 "Yes We Can: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males," the Schott Foundation reports that the overall 2007-08 graduation rate for black males in the...

'Race to the Top' Winners, Losers Weigh In on Finalist Announcement

(July 27) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's office today announced the finalists in the Department of Education's Race to the Top contest to fund state school programs. In the first round of funding awards that took place in March, Delaware won $100 million and Tennessee won $500 million. Still at stake is $3.4...

Opinion: Don't Close Schools, Fix Them

(June 29) -- In a four-part series on AOL News last week, Dana Chivvis told the story of a small high school in Brooklyn that is slated to be closed for poor performance. Its graduation rates and test scores are low, yet district officials never gave the school the facilities or resources to improve. Today, federal...

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05/24/12 Mixed Messages Source: The Huffington Post Lately, I have been living a bipolar life.
05/23/12 CPS lauded for collaboration Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH Cincinnati Public Schools leadership and union were held up as examples of collaboration and innovation at a national meeting of educators and leaders in downtown Cincinnati Wednesday.
05/23/12 CPS lauded for collaboration Source: Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati OH Cincinnati Public Schools leadership and union were held up as examples of collaboration and innovation at a national meeting of educators and leaders in downtown Cincinnati Wednesday.
05/23/12 School officials fear a federal policy takeover Source: The Washington Times - Washington DC By expanding its "Race to the Top" education grant contest to the district level, the Obama administration has left some state education chiefs feeling elbowed out, saying Washington is trying to establish itself as the national school board.
05/23/12 National conference in Ohio focuses on teachers Source: Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton OH Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to transform the teaching profession with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career development, and evaluations based on effectiveness.