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Wendy Kopp: My Reasons For Optimism On Education (Wall Street Journal)
on Sep 02, 2010 by Wendy Kopp
Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the latest winners of Race to the Top, the initiative he devised to leverage federal dollars to drive education reform at the state level. While no grant process is perfect, the competition drove a remarkable volume of new plans and even new laws designed to advance educational opportunity. Many states showed boldness—and I'm particularly excited that all 12 winning states mentioned Teach For America in their applications.
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Race to Sanity
on Jun 04, 2010 by DAVID BROOKS (New York Times)
Obama administration policies haven’t always hewed to this limited but energetic approach. But there is one area where they sure have: education. The Obama approach to education could serve as a model for anybody who wants to build a center-out governing majority.
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Keeping great teachers
on May 07, 2010 by Joel Klein (NY Post)
Test scores are up across all the grades. Graduation rates are at record highs. How did New York City students make so much progress over the last eight years? In a word: teachers.
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An Innovation Agenda
on Dec 08, 2009 by DAVID BROOKS (New York Times)
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?
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Mr. Duncan and That $4.3 Billion
on Sep 28, 2009 by NY Times OP-ED
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.
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Remembering Kennedy
on Aug 27, 2009 by NationalJournal.com
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.
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Obama, teach New York a lesson: How the feds should answer the state’s request for school funds
on Aug 10, 2009 by Joe Williams (NY Daily News)
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.
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A Long Trek Before a Race to the Top
on Aug 10, 2009 by Tom Vander Ark (Huffington Post)
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.
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A MILESTONE FOR OUR KIDS’ FUTURE
on Aug 07, 2009 by Joel Klein (NY Post)
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.
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Dollars for Schools
on Aug 04, 2009 by The Washington Post
PRESIDENT OBAMA is unabashed in his demand that any state wanting extra educational dollars share in his administration's reform agenda.
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