Progressive Opinion

huffingtonpost.com — You can have as many educators' symposiums and "dropout summits" as you like. But no matter how hard you work it, continuing the same approach and expecting a different result, is not a description of success. It's the definition of insanity.

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truthdig.com — The dominant belief is that top-down control is the only way to hold principals and teachers accountable for measurable results. The less prevalent belief is that bottom-up collaboration between teachers and administrators is a source of innovation that builds commitment to and support for successful reforms. The conflict has become especially important in the face of the federal No Child Left Behind initiative, which requires administrators to produce high test scores or risk their jobs.

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Significant policy changes — the systematic inclusion and a substantive financial literacy curriculum in every state's public high school education requirements — are needed in order to give young people a real chance at building solid financial futures.

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huffingtonpost.com — "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities," said Voltaire. In a world that contains Clear Skies, Clean Waters, Healthy Forests, an Axis of Evil, Iraqi Freedom, Family Values, Patriot Act, and No Child Left Behind, it is a good reminder for our time.

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cipa-apex.org — A landmark new study, released at the annual Davos high-finance summit, scrutinizes the high-flying private equity industry—and complicates life for our global greedy.

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thenation.com — Today's military education benefit is not your grandfather's GI Bill.

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feeds.feedburner.com — The marketing of "intelligent design" reveals much about the conservative movement.

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iht.com — Why are we wasting time when we could be taking relatively painless steps to save the planet?

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feeds.feedburner.com — There has been surprisingly little outcry over the Supreme Court's limits on school integration.

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