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Education Law in Dire
Need of New Name

Ridicule of No Child Left Behind prompts search

Feb 23, 09 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - No Child Left Behind has become “the most negative brand in America,” says a congressman, and new Education Secretary Arne Duncan says it’s time for a new name for the law. Educators and jokesters alike are trying their hand at rebranding, the New York Times reports. Proposals... More »

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Bush administration • education • parody • joke • No Child Left Behind • George W. Bush • rebranding • Obama administration

(Newser) - The long-running Broadway musical Rent has been edited for the school stage, but the truncated version retains themes of drugs, AIDS, and homosexuality that have some administrators running scared, the New York Times reports. High school productions around the country have met with administrative and parental resistance, forcing organizers to... More »

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education • high school • children • Broadway • parents • musical • Rent • high school students

interview


 Jeb Sees GOP 
 as Reform Party 


Feb 14, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Jeb Bush cringes at the idea of running for office again, but that doesn’t mean he lacks bold vision for the Republican Party, writes Fred Barnes in the Wall Street Journal. Bush thinks the GOP should morph into a reform party, starting with the states. “A real... More »

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education • Florida • GOP • reform • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • governor • George W. Bush

 Colo. District to 
 Ditch Grade Levels 

Students in Adams 50 will progress based on knowledge, not age

Feb 10, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Faced with a 58% graduation rate and falling test scores, officials in Colorado’s Adams 50 school district are doing away with traditional grade levels as part of a massive educational transformation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When the program is fully phased in, students will no longer be separated... More »

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education • high school • Colorado • elementary school • school districts • grades • educational programs

 $150B Stimulus to Double 
 Education Budget 

$150B spending expected to permanently expand government's role in education

Jan 28, 09 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The stimulus plan before Congress today more than doubles the Department of Education's budget, reports the New York Times. An unprecedented extra $150 billion in federal aid would provide funds for nearly every aspect of education, from school construction to college grants. Opponents and backers alike agree that the... More »

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education • student loans • Department of Education • school • Pell grants • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • Arne Duncan

Schools Cutting Cursive
as Computers Prevail

Penmanship takes a backseat to science, reading instruction

Jan 26, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Cursive may become a thing of the past as schools pressed for time focus their attention on science and reading, the Indianapolis Star reports. Cursive is still widely taught, but the emphasis has shifted from writing beautifully to writing efficiently as wider use of computers has also edged out cursive’... More »

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education • technology • science • school • classroom • handwriting • typing

 Schoolkids Need 
 Less Work, 
 More Play 

Recess cutbacks creating unruly students, researchers discover

Jan 26, 09 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Recess isn't just for fun, according to a new study, which has found that cutting back on playtime is harming schoolchildren. The loss of a 15-minute daily recess tended to make 8- and 9-year-old students unruly and deprived them of an opportunity to exercise and socialize, reports Reuters. The study... More »

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education • recess • No Child Left Behind • academic research • medical study

ANALYSIS

Pakistani Curriculum Pits
Bile Vs. Nation-Building

Some see educational system fostering hate, where others push nation's identity

Jan 22, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Critics of Pakistan’s mandatory school curriculum say it promotes fear and hatred in children, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “It sounds like the blueprint for a religious fascist state,” said one professor. “You have a country where generations have grown up believing they are surrounded on... More »

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education • Pakistan • religious conflict • curriculum

ANALYSIS

Education at Heart of Obama Stimulus Plan

$140B in 2-year plan would take other pressures off states

Jan 13, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - In its current form, Barack Obama’s 2-year economic stimulus plan—currently pegged at $775 billion—will channel some $140 billion to education, Politico reports. As Congress hammers out its plan, changes are likely, but education and Medicaid look set to be major beneficiaries. States will see major block grants,... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Congress • school • Medicaid • Pell grants • economic stimulus package

OPINION

 How to Fix the Education Divide 

Racial gap is 'last great civil-rights battle': Klein and Sharpton

Jan 12, 09 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - America is facing its “last great civil-rights battle”: the racial education gap, write Joel I Klein and Al Sharpton in a Wall Street Journal. “Today the average 12th-grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an eighth-grade white student,” they note. But... More »

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education • race • Al Sharpton • children • public schools • teacher pay • teachers • President Obama • Joel Klein

OPINION

 Bail Out America's Brains 

To stay afloat, we need more Gateses and Jobses

Jan 11, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Building roads and bridges will give our economy a short-term boost—but we need to look farther into America’s future on the global stage, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. That means investing to make sure the next Microsofts and Googles are home-grown. How? For a start,... More »

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education • investment • Thomas Friedman • science education • economic stimulus package • mathematics • economy • teachers

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting a week out of the public school calendar, the latest desperate measure in California's struggle with a $41 billion budget shortfall. The Governator says the $1.1 billion savings will ward off other cuts to education, which makes up 40% of the state budget. Schools... More »

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education • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • tax refunds • budget gap • taxpayers • public funding • financial crisis • economic downturn

 Obama 
 Daughters 
 Start School 

Barack gets teary as new life begins

Jan 5, 09 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Like millions of other children, the Obama girls returned to school today. Unlike the rest of the nations’ kids, they were accompanied by a cadre of police, Secret Service agents, and media, the Washington Post reports. The Obama family’s new life in Washington is off to its official start,... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • private schools • first daughter • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Obama family

 


 Premarital Sex, 
 Abortion on 
 Rise in Iran 

Marriage rates dip, despite Tehran's efforts

Dec 29, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Iran’s Islamic law bans premarital sex and abortion, but an increasing number of Iranians are engaging in both, the Guardian reports. More than a quarter of men aged 19 to 29 had premarital sex, and 13% of those situations resulted in the termination of an unwanted pregnancy, a state... More »

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Iran • education • abortion • feminism • marriage • Islamic law • premarital sex

OPINION

 US Schools Need Finance 101 

Kids should learn basics to help avert crises

Dec 28, 08 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - There are complex reasons behind the financial crisis, but one is key: When it comes to money, we’re idiots, Peter Applebome writes in the New York Times. “Insofar as there is a lesson in history,” says an analyst, “it’s that human beings are not very... More »

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education • personal finance • economy • bubble • financial crisis

(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Chicago schools reformer Arne Duncan for secretary of education, the Wall Street Journal reports. During his 7 years as Chicago schools chief, Duncan has been known for hiring new teachers and closing struggling schools without alienating unions. He is also friendly with Obama and plays pick-up... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Obama Cabinet • Arne Duncan

glossies

To Groom Good Teachers, Look to Quarterbacks

Schools, NFL face surprisingly similar recruiting hurdles

Dec 8, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Underperforming public schools can take a lesson from the NFL, but it's not an easy one, writes Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker. In much the same way that accurately evaluating a college quarterback is impossible, predicting a teacher's classroom success depends on countless intangibles. "No one knows what... More »

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education • NFL • teaching • quarterback • teacher • success

Top Grads Flood Nonprofit
for 'Lowly' Teaching Jobs

Job-hungry grads swamp nonprofit org

Dec 6, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Students from the nation’s elite colleges are in hot pursuit of low-paying, high-stress jobs, the Washington Post reports. Inspired by Barack Obama’s message of hope and disillusioned by a battered Wall Street, prospective graduates have boosted applications to Teach for America alone by 50%. “I don’t... More »

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education • Barack Obama • job • Teach for America • students • public service

OPINION

Obama's 'Macho' Stimulus Plan Forgets Women

Job creation would largely go to men

Nov 28, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s stimulus package calls for new jobs to fix roads and bridges, build solar panels and wind-power turbines, and create green cars. Sounds great, except for one thing: These are all fields that employ mostly men. "This might as well be called the macho stimulus package,"... More »

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education • health care • Barack Obama • construction • clean energy • economic stimulus package • President Obama

OPINION

 Rice Has Nothing Left to Prove 

Rice focuses on being an educator, writing books

Nov 27, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice is headed back to Stanford, ready for a new challenge and harboring no obvious regrets. "I'm an educator who took a detour," she tells Washington Post op-ed columnist David Ignatius, who hears echoes of Dean Rusk, LBJ's embattled secretary of state. "I have no desire... More »

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Bush administration • education • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • secretary of State • racism • foreign policy • President Obama

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