The Real Way to Get Your First Job

Adele Scheele, 06.08.2010

Career Coach, Author, Speaker

College commencement came and went. So did all those inspiring speeches: "The future is yours!" etc. etc. The trouble is, it doesn't seem that way to ...

Everything I Need to Know I Learned After Dropping My Kids Off at School This Morning

Yisrael Campbell, 06.08.2010

Lives in Jerusalem

The best thing about living in New York is that no matter what we do in Jerusalem next year we'll be able to say, "Well, at least it's not as expensive as living in New York." Take school for example.

California Superintendent of Public Instruction: More Than Just a Job

Wendy Carrillo, 06.08.2010

Multi-media broadcast journalist

With an average of one in five students dropping out of high schools across the state in 2009, the race to be the next Superintendent of Public Instruction is about more than just a candidate.

An Educational Oil Spill

Melissa Ross, 06.08.2010

Host/Producer, First Coast Connect, WJCT-FM

Jacksonville, Florida is known for its challenged schools. For how much longer will our kids be waiting for an educational Superman to swoop down and finally address this problem?

Speaker Pelosi Defends Record And Praises Impatience [FULL VIDEO]

Bill Scher, 06.08.2010

Campaign for America's Future, LiberalOasis.com, author of “Wait! Don’t Move To Canada!”

The Speaker's remarks were a reminder that honorable public servants see value in communicating with an forceful grassroots, and grassroots activists can pressure those in power and respect them at the same time.

Chicago Teachers Union's Overcrowding Lawsuit: Opportunistic at Best, Racist at Worst

Juan Rangel, 06.08.2010

CEO of the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO)

United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), which has worked in Chicago's Hispanic communities for over 25 years, is incensed by the lawsuit being filed today by the Chicago Teachers Union .

Algebra al fresco in Cyvadier

Crossover Dreams, 06.08.2010

A blog on migration by writers for IPS, a global non-profit newswire

By Peter Costantini ~ Cyvadier, Haiti Walking home from school in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo credit: Peter Costantin...

"Unconscionable" Cuts to Education

Nicholas Johnson, 06.07.2010

Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

"[W]e cannot commit to raising [educational] standards in one breath and turn around and issue layoff notices to thousands of teachers in the next," c...

European Moms Auction off Experiences to Inspire Imagination

Juliet Linley, 06.07.2010

Blogger

A couple of moms in Florence, Italy, are planning a school charity auction with a curious twist. Rather than putting objects under the hammer, they're auctioning experiences.

Arizona Principal Needs to Defend Students and Diversity

Ileana Jiménez, 06.07.2010

Educator and activist, feministteacher.com

I am appalled by Elementary School principal Jeff Lane's decision to whiten the faces of African-American and Latino children on a mural outside his school.

The President Goes to High School

Arne Duncan, 06.07.2010

U.S. Secretary of Education

Our signature reform initiative, Race to the Top, set a whole new pace for dramatically improving public education. All but four states have now applied for one or both rounds of the program.

Meghan Loves to Color

Mary Plummer, 06.04.2010

Multimedia journalist

Six-year old Meghan Lloyd-Winstanley sits in a plastic chair, looking down at her hands, as her mother, Teasha, stands above her recounting a laundry list of problems.

State and Local Governments Continuing to Lose Jobs

Nicholas Johnson, 06.04.2010

Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

As my colleague Chad Stone explained this morning, today's jobs report shows that "unemployment is still very high, and jobs are still hard to find" ...

Gifted and At-Risk

Seth Freeman, 06.04.2010

Award-winning writer, producer and director

Although it might seem surprising, some of our very brightest, most talented kids have great difficulty in school, and many actually drop out, living dysfunctional lives on the edge of society.

Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 7

Ken Wong, 06.04.2010

Director, Face-to-Face AIDS Project

Join me and my Face-to-Face AIDS Project and see how our ideas of charity evolve with on-the-ground experiences.

Is It Really All About the Benjamins?

Sam Chaltain, 06.04.2010

Democracy. Learning. Voice.

The best learning environment for kids is an environment where highly-qualified adults work collaboratively. We need to incentivize cooperation, not competition, among our educators.

Health Care or Education: A High-stakes Blindfolded Taste Test

Terrell Halaska, 06.04.2010

Both health care and education hoard and shroud data for competitive purposes at best and to hide poor performance at worst -- a gross disservice to parents, students and patients. Fortunately this is changing.

Los Angeles Area High School Students Find a Path to Graduation Through Art

Raymond Leon Roker, 06.04.2010

The HeArt Project is designed specifically for kids who have struggled in traditional educational environments and are at risk of dropping out of high school.

Job Search, Teacher Style

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International, 06.04.2010

Youth Radio/Youth Media International (YMI)

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Maya Cueva Youth Radio profiles a rece...

California School System: Separate and Unequal

Alberto Torrico, 06.02.2010

Our educational system is failing to provide all our children equal access to quality education. Our children did not ask to be born rich or poor. They did not ask to be pawns in political games.

A Call to Reform Student Loans

James Elbaor, 06.02.2010

It is imperative for society to adopt a system that provides equal access to education financing. KR Student Loans is building a social lending platform where anyone in the country can directly lend to students.