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February 2005
Pay-Per-View Politics
The revelation that the Bush administration paid a prominent media personality to promote the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and to give former Education Secretary Rod Paige more exposure than he deserved...
January 2005
All that glitters...
Thirty years ago, California’s public school system was the envy of the nation, but now the Golden State’s public school system lags behind most of the nation on almost every objective...
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Making Dreams Come True
Two educational bills were re-introduced to Congress last month — The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and The Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act (see News p.10)...
Educators Who Excel at Teaching Diverse Students
Nominations Sought
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance
program is seeking nominations for a new award that will honor educators who excel at teaching students from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. The Teaching...
August 2005
English and More
In the news pages of this issue, you will find two stories which initially seem to contradict each other. One is based on a report from the U.K. which finds that Britain...
April 2005
Preschool Makes Cents
Two weeks ago, my wife gave birth to our first child, so the last month has passed me by in a wave of chaos and elation. However, I am already thinking...
May 2004
Going Global
A few weeks ago, the influential Milken Institute held its Global Conference in Los Angeles. This is one of these events where business leaders, academics and politicians convene to discuss how they believe...
March 2004
English Plus
According to a new study, the percentage of the global population that grew up speaking English as its first language is in sharp decline, and an increasing number of people now speak more...
February 2004
Literacy for All is the Real Goal
The whole argument against bilingual education is based on the premise that it is not the best way to learn English. Now, a comprehensive research report (see “Bilingual...
July 2004
The Language of Choice
The emergence of the Hispanic community as America’s largest and fastest-growing minority is having a fundamental effect on the nation by bringing Spanish into the mainstream of American culture.
According to estimates...
