Category Archives: Education

'The Money Is Not There' for Education, NBC Says–So Where Did It Go?

Posted on 04/22/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Brian Williams introduced a report on NBC Nightly News (4/21/10) with this declaration: "Public schools from coast to coast in this country are looking at tens of thousands of layoffs, a lot of them teachers, because the money is not … Continue reading →

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Newsweek Wants Accountability for Teachers, Not Editors

Posted on 03/09/2010 by Peter Hart

Newsweek devotes several pieces this week to public schools. But the lead piece, "Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers," by Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert, lays out the magazine's skewed vision: Teacher unions protect the worst performers, while charter schools … Continue reading →

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CNN: Secretary Duncan Right to Celebrate Katrina

Posted on 02/05/2010 by Steve Rendall

At the end of January, Obama education secretary Arne Duncan told a cable news show (TV One's Washington Watch, 1/31/10), "I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina." In reporting on … Continue reading →

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Textbooks as Weapons in Texas' 'Education War'

Posted on 07/25/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

The United Farm Workers have a new action alert (7/24/09) about "an education war going on in Texas" they note has "major national implications as Texas is such a major purchaser of textbooks and their stateâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s required curriculum drives the … Continue reading →

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Va. Daily Confesses Racist Role in 'Dreadful Doctrine'

Posted on 07/17/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Editor & Publisher is running a wire item (Associated Press, 7/16/09) on the Richmond Times-Dispatch's recent front-page editorial and website video "expressing regret for supporting the state's fight to maintain separate schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s." The … Continue reading →

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NYT Goes Deeper on Education Secretary Search

Posted on 12/14/2008 by Jim Naureckas

Sam Dillon's New York Times piece (12/14/08) is much better than most of the coverage of President-elect Barack Obama's search for an Education secretary nominee. It's even got some on-target media criticism: Editorials and opinion articles in the New York … Continue reading →

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