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What Democrats Need to Say About Education This Election

So the "general election has begun" proclaims The Hill, and the exhortations from the punditry are for candidates to either, shore up their base or move to the center. One interesting bit of advice,...

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Voting for Our Future: What Candidates Must Say About Education in 2012

So the "general election has begun" proclaims The Hill, and the exhortations from the punditry are for candidates to either, shore up their base or move to the center.One interesting bit of advice,...

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Romney, Obama Vie for Who Can Hurt Education the Worst

In [last] week's round in the nation's presidential contest, education got tossed into the ring and slapped around by the opposing candidates and their spokespeople. Who won the round is anyone's...

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Public Education's 'Shock Doctrine Summer' Rolls Out Once More

With the glow of high school graduations still lingering in many American families, and analysts predicting that an "economic recovery" is on the way, this is a time when you'd expect to start hearing...

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Get Ready For America’s Next ‘Education Crisis’

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” has become a popular mantra of the ruling class. Of course, these are not the people who usually experience the brunt of a crisis.But a pervasive...

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What Progressives Can Learn From Public Education’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Public education’s fiscal cliff already happened.The “austerity bomb” Paul Krugman warns us of in the New York Times was already dropped on public schools at least two years ago. And what impact the...

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The Inconvenient Truth Of Education 'Reform'

Despite stated intentions to use education reform to advance civil rights, reform measures in their current frame are resulting in deep and pervasive civil wrongs.

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Why We Need A Moratorium On The High Stakes Of Common Core Testing

When the entire existence of the school can hinge on test results, students are stressed and robbed of valuable instructional time.By now it’s become clear to anyone willing to pay attention that our...

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Signs of the Coming Revolution in America's Education System

The recent revolt against standardized tests as well as legislative concern over testing corruption are just some of the of the signs of an approaching education "revolution."“It’s always hard to tell...

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5 Messages About Public Education That Don't Sell (and Ones That Will)

Some messages about education should not be used. The following is from a talk given at a meeting of the Young Elected Officials last week in Washington, D.C.Thanks for having me here today. I’m...

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"Education Spring" is Here to Stay

Tired of endless accountability mandates, parents and teachers are stepping up the fight to preserve public education -- and using the ballot box to do it.Earlier this year, spontaneous rebellions...

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Education ‘Reform’ Is Wrecking Our Schools

Developmentally inappropriate tests, aimed at students as young as Kindergarten, are undercutting any gains the Common Core might help us make.The latest news stories from the brave frontiers of a...

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The Education Reform Conversation We Need is Not the One We Keep Having

Why do education policymakers despise talking about equity?This past week, two videos captured just about everything you need to know about the status of the movement known as “education reform.”The...

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Sorry, Nicholas Kristof, There’s Still No Proof School Reform Helps

Reformers are claiming that new NAEP scores prove reform works. Here's why they're dead wrong.It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry when an “All-Purpose-Pundit” at The New York Times takes it upon...

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Listen Up, Arne Duncan: Racist Defense of Common Core Won’t Derail Coalition...

"Education Spring" is on -- and the uprising against testing, cuts and for-profit schools is taking off.“There’s something happening here,” the old song goes, “what it is ain’t exactly clear.”The...

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Sorry, Michelle Rhee, But Our Obsession With Testing Kids is All About Money

Rhee, Nicholas Kristof and Arne Duncan exaggerate test results again to advance an ugly anti-public school agenda.When President George W. Bush asked the American people, back in 2000, “Is our children...

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Why Are Some Democrats Refusing to Back Efforts to Rein In For-Profit Colleges?

Efforts to place tighter restrictions on predatory for-profit colleges deserve Democratic unity.The good news coming from the U.S. Department of Education recently is the effort to put tougher...

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There's No Doubt About It: Test Score Driven Education Ignores Students

In 2013, education reformers doubled-down on the idea that test scores and rankings should drive policy. 2014 is an opportunity to change that approach.As 2013 closed out, the education world was...

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The Ugly Truth about Charter Schools: Padded Cells, Corruption, Lousy...

Charter schools are sold as an answer. With awful discipline and shocking scandals, many really cause new problems.Imagine your five-year old boy went to a school where he was occasionally thrown in a...

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Let Teachers Lead the Common Core

It's time to trust teachers to do what's right for their students.Now that ed-heads have had a chance to make their “what to expect in 2014″ prognostications, it’s evident that one of the most...

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