Archive for March, 2009
Merit Pay
Dear Mr. President,
I am currently a Senior Elementary Education major at Western Illinois University. I am enrolled in EIS 401 which is a class dealing with the laws surrounding education. We have discussed many things in my class including: religion in schools, teachers’ rights and responsibilities, teachers’ unions, charter schools, and merit pay. I am writing to you today to discuss with you my views of merit pay. I feel that merit pay is a bad idea. There are many things to consider before granting a thing like merit pay to the teachers of the United States. One of my main concerns is how it will affect relationships among the [Read more...]
Advice on Education & Democracy
We look back before the election at some of the education advice given about education and democracy.
We spoke with Mike Rose who is an education scholar and Professor of Social Research Methodology in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Kris Guitierrez, a professor of Social Research Methodology at UCLA and Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America, the national teaching corps and asked what education advice they had for Barack Obama.
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Advice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education
We look back before the election at some of the education advice given from the Harvard School of Education.
We spoke with Kathleen McCartney, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Richard Murnane, an economist and Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Thomas Payzant, a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools and asked what education advice they had for Barack Obama.
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Advice on Accountability
States have adopted accountability measures in response to the concerns about the quality of American education. And there are reasons for concern. American 8th graders ranked 14th in the world in mathematics, science and reading literacy.
No Child Left Behind was an accountability measure put into play by former President Bush. But how should Obama’s administration hold the school system accountable?
To find out, we spoke with Bill Taylor, the chairman of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights, Rick Hess a faculty associate at the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance and Dr. Scott Conti, the principal of New Design High School in New York City.
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Advice from Higher Education Leaders
The economic crisis is posing big challenges to community colleges, public and private universities and is making paying for college a difficult task for the students that want to attend. We talk with a group of experts to figure out how students, administrators and policy makers can confront the challenges facing higher education.
We interviewed Margaret Miller, a professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Virginia and editor-in-chief of Change magazine, Molly Corbett Broad, President of the American Council on Education and Paul E. Lingenfelter, President of the National Association of State Higher Education Executives.
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Advice from Charter School Leaders
Education leaders seem to be pushing the boundaries of the traditional classroom. We wanted to get an idea of how much public school is changing and to assess the successes and challenges leaders are facing.
We interviewed KIPP cofounders David Levin and Mike Feinberg, The Director of the Center for School Change Joe Nathan and the Director of Gompers Charter Middle School Vincent Riveroll. Listen to the advice they have for president Obama regarding charter schools.
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Advice from Students Across the U.S.
Students have a lot at stake when it comes to education policy. To get their thoughts, we interviewed high school students from across the US.
This podcast features advice from Michael Martinez from San Antonio, Ricky La from San Francisco, Martin Macias from Chicago and Sierra Blair and Caitlan Rock from White Sulphur Springs, Montana and asked what education Advice they had for president Obama.
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Money for scholarships
First off I would like to take the time to congratulate you on becoming the first African- American president of the United States of America but the reason for which I’m writing you is I would like for you to put a large portion of the economic funds into scholarships.
This post was submitted by Jenice Rivera.
School uniforms should be enforced at all schools, private and public
I believe that all schools should enforce uniforms–not only private schools but public schools, too. This is a safety matter and I also feel it is fair for all schools to be equal so that all students will feel comfortable and equal.
This post was submitted by joann noba.
Increasing Help for Children With Learning Disabilities
I think that around the U.S there are a large amount of children with disabilities and there are not alot of schools that can help them. Alot of schools apply help but some teachers are not as patient. I would really like if they get as much attention as everybody else.
This post was submitted by Shadae Jarvis.
