Teachers Take the Stage at NBC’s Education Nation Forum
By Amy Buffenbarger More than 6,000 educators spent their Sunday afternoon logged on to educationnation.com to participate in NBC’s nationally broadcast Teacher Town Hall. The on-air and online town...
View ArticleThe Waiting For Superman Paradox
By Kevin Hart In the opening minutes of the new education “reform” documentary Waiting For Superman, director Davis Guggenheim has a moment of candor about the charter schools he hails as a panacea for...
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Tony Danza Talks About Respect for Public School Teachers
By Cynthia McCabe Tony Danza is crying. He’s not far into a year in which he will teach sophomore English to students at Northeast High School in Philadelphia — as an actual job, not for a role — and...
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NEA’s Waiting for Superman Resources
A barrel-chested comic book character must save public education? Compelling soundbite to sell a movie maybe but when it comes to real education reform, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel gives the...
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Meet Public Education’s Everyday Superheroes
By Kevin Hart Whether you’re catching a showing of the new education “documentary” Waiting for Superman or watching the latest special news report on education, don’t expect to hear about Yolanda...
View ArticleFurious Debate Ensues Over Washington Post ‘Manifesto’
By Alain Jehlen Perhaps the most interesting thing about the “Manifesto” from 16 big-city school chiefs, published by The Washington Post Sunday, was the reaction. The school chiefs claim their hands...
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Superheroes Spotted in Michigan
By Alain Jehlen Kimberly Cairy wrote about art educator Peggy Conlin who works with students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder during her prep period and organizes displays of their projects. John Welch...
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Why One Paraprofessional Wakes At 5 a.m. to Campaign
By Steve Lemken Jean Fay works with kindergartners as a paraprofessional at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst, Mass. It’s a full day teaching students how to read. She’s done it for 13 years....
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