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The Economy of Desperation, Pt. 1: The Sugar Daddy Solution

By Terrance Heath
August 11, 2011

In the new economy, we may all need a "sugar daddy." And, no, I don't mean the candy.

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You Can't Waive The Reality Of Our Public Schools

By Jeff Bryant
August 11, 2011

So much for the "New Washington Consensus on Education". more »

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Save Our Schools March About The Soul Of Education

By Jeff Bryant
August 1, 2011

If aliens from another planet landed in the U.S. this weekend they would likely assume that the people inhabiting this place are completely obsessed with one thing and one thing only: money. more »

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Please Don't Roll Out This School 'Reform'

By Jeff Bryant
July 26, 2011

Ask yourself if this is the type of school you'd like for your son or daughter:

* At one charter school, an array of 48 "infractions"-- such as "Lying/falsehood” and "Sleeping in class" -- will get students suspended or expelled. more »

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Where Is The 'Middle Ground' In The Education Debate?

By Jeff Bryant
July 20, 2011

By the time that July slips slowly off the calendar, events this month -- culminating with an upcoming teacher/parent-organized march on the nation's capital -- will have clarified all too well the lay of the land in the debate on the fate of our nation's public schools. more »

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The NEA And Our Absurd Education 'Debate'

By Jeff Bryant
July 7, 2011

Down here on the ground in public schools, what school children, parents, and teachers are experiencing are the first tremors of what will likely be seismic shifts in the reality of our nation's education system. more »

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The Innovators of America’s Future: DREAM Students

By Maryam Al-Zoubi
July 5, 2011

“I am Undocumented, Unafraid & and Unapologetic!” was the phrase that rang in Chicago’s Daley Plaza on March 10th, 2011.

I watched nervously from the crowd as my good friend Alaa Mukahhal, an undocumented Palestinian American, shouted those words from the stage. I was afraid for what might happen to her if she stopped living in the shadows. But, as tears streamed down my face, I know I was proud for having the strength to stand up and fight for her rights.

Alaa’s story kept replaying in my head as I sat in the first official Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security hearing on the DREAM Act, on Tuesday June 28th,  2011, chaired by Senator Dick Durbin.

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Goodbye, Good Riddance To Education Bipartisanship

By Jeff Bryant
June 30, 2011

Earlier this week, when a representative of the Beltway-based Democrats for Education Reform lamented the outcomes in Wisconsin's recently concluded "budget, battle royale," what do you think she thought was "the worst part?" Not the rollout of more »

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Public Education's 'Shock Doctrine Summer' Rolls Out

By Jeff Bryant
June 23, 2011

As American public education arrives at the summer of its discontent, we have to contemplate how a system that has already had over 201,600 jobs wrung from its payrolls since August 2008 will handle the prospect of having to more »

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The Values Of Education Get Lost In The Numbers

By Jeff Bryant
June 9, 2011

Just as climate scientists warn Americans to brace for a long hot summer, anyone paying attention to the nation's public schools can expect a summer of more of the same, heated cross-fire between the "reformist" politicians and pundits, and the growi more »

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