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People are asking anxious questions about America’s future. Will it take years before the animal spirits revive? Can the economy rebalance so that it relies less on consumption and debt and more on innovation and export? Have we entered a period of relative decline?
Categories: Education News OP-ED
New question from the National Journal Education Experts Blog -- How should teacher effectiveness be assessed? What role should student performance and standardized testing have in this equation? Joel Klein, NYC Public Schools Chancellor and EEP Co-Founder weighs in.
Categories: Education News EEP News OP-ED Top EEP News
With sound ideas and a commitment to rigorously monitor the states' progress, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has revitalized the school-reform effort that had lost most of its momentum by the closing days of the Bush administration.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
Given Sen. Edward Kennedy's prominent role in education as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, it's appropriate to take a break from the college readiness issue and remember Kennedy. Dr. Michael Lomax, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, weighs in.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
Frank Sinatra understood well New York's tendency to visualize itself as king of the hill, top of the heap - even if the evidence doesn't always back it up.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
Team Obama is winning on education and losing on health. One difference between the health care food fight and the coherent education agenda is a mostly unified eight-year policy push by the new money foundations.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
THE state Senate's vote yesterday to extend mayoral control of New York City's public schools is a powerful signal that our schools are making real progress and transforming opportunities for children in the nation's largest school district.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
PRESIDENT OBAMA is unabashed in his demand that any state wanting extra educational dollars share in his administration's reform agenda.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
A proposal to let groups bid to run 50 new L.A. schools is just the kind of fresh thinking the district needs.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding the proposal to increase the number of charter schools statewide. I would like to clarify several misconceptions.
Categories: Education News OP-ED
Chancellor Joel I. Klein, New York City, NY
Joe Williams, Executive Director, Democrats For Education Reform
Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
Amy Wilkins, Principal Partner, Education Trust
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Cory Booker, Newark, NJ
Janet Murgia, President & CEO of National Council of La Raza
Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacremento, CA
Lisa Graham-Keegan, Former Arizona State Superintendent
Margaret Spellings, Former Secretary of Education
Dr. Michael Lomax, President & CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Senator Michael Bennett, D-CO
Chancellor Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia
Raul Yzaguirre, Former President and CEO, NCLR
Deborah Gist, Education Commissioner, Rhode Island
Beverly Hall, Superintendent, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Joshua Starr, Superintendent, Stamford, CT
Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent, St. Paul, MN
Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver, CO
Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia, PA
Paul Pastorek, Superintendent, Louisiana State
Paul Vallas, Superintendent, New Orleans Recovery
Ramon Cortines, Superintendent, LAUSD
Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago, IL
Andres Alonso, Baltimore City Public Schools CEO
Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida
Terry Grier, Superintendent, Houston, TX
Jared Polis, U.S. House of Representatives, D-CO
Jordan Coleman, Youth Filmmaker, Actor, Student
Steve Barr, Green Dot Founder and Chairman
Peter Groff, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Eva Moskowitz, Success Charter Network Founder and CEO
Marc Ecko, Marc Ecko Enterprises Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Carlos Loumiet, New America Alliance Chair
J.B. Schramm, CEO and Founder, College Summit
John Conyers Jr., U.S. House of Representatives, D-MI
Whitney Tilson, Co-Founder, Democrats for Education Reform
Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools CEO and Co-Founder
Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder, KIPP
Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute President and CEO
Tiki Barber, Chairman, Tiki Ventures LLC
Alisha Thomas Morgan, GA General Assemply—State Representative
Chaka Fattah, U.S. House of Representatives, PA 2nd Congressional District
