Lord Andrew Adonis, 07.11.2011
Academic, journalist and politician
Radical change is needed to counter this virtual apartheid within our education system. The elite private schools - all of them are charities, believe it or not - should all be setting up academies and become directly engaged in providing state-funded education by means of these independent state schools, extending their excellent academic teaching and success at university entrance to more deprived communities.
Jayanti Tamm, 07.11.2011
Author, 'Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult'
If America is truly intent on implementing strategies for creating long-term peace and security, then the answer may be found in exporting a uniquely American invention -- the community college.
Marcelo Giugale, 07.08.2011
World Bank’s Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Africa
Back in the mid-1970s, a soap opera did what no one thought possible--it convinced Mexicans to have fewer babies.
Roderick Carey, 07.08.2011
Everyone has heard of the achievement gap, yet few understand the wide extent of achievement measures that this term actually encompasses.
Alexander Russo, 07.07.2011
Freelance Education Writer And Consultant
This year's most important commencement speech was given by author Jonathan Franzen; it contained a message of great importance for educators and school reformers about how to tolerate their daunting, heartbreaking endeavor.
Antoinette Sayeh, 07.07.2011
Director of the IMF’s African Department
An increasing number of African countries have been growing robustly for more than a decade. But while growth is a necessary condition for poverty reduction and employment creation, is it also sufficient?
Christine James-Brown, 07.11.2011
CEO, Child Welfare League of America
The real lesson is that more emphasis and spending must be put into child abuse prevention programs -- such as parenting education and home visiting efforts that support and teach parents.
Larry Atkins, 07.06.2011
Journalist, Lawyer, Professor. www.professorlarry.com
YouTube is no longer just for smoking toddlers, cats playing piano, skateboarding dogs and "Don't Tase Me, Bro!"
In the past few years, YouTube and G...
Vivian Glyck, 07.06.2011
Founder and executive director of Just Like My Child
Nearly a million kids showed up for "free" school and the government could not afford the giant cost to make sure the schools were running effectively.
Bob Cesca, 07.06.2011
Producer, Editor of BobCesca.com
In the last six or seven months alone, there are enough examples of Republicans botching very basic ideas and facts to fill stacks of "Bushism" style novelty calendars.
Alan Singer, 07.06.2011
Social studies educator, Hofstra University
When I was seventeen years old I started to participate in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. The next morning I would check for coverage in the New Yor...
Big Girls, Small Kitchen, 07.06.2011
Food bloggers Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress
The best remedy for treating a hangover is to detox with lots of water and replenish on vitamins with clean (unprocessed) foods but every culture has its cure.
Natalie Pace, 07.05.2011
Author, 'You Vs. Wall Street,' CEO and founder, Women's Investment Network, LLC
Many presidents ride into the sunset of their life, after four or eight years of public service, content to build a Presidential Library and play golf without the weight of the world ruining their swing. But not the Job-Creator-in-Chief: Bill Clinton.
Glen Pearson, 07.05.2011
Director, London Food Bank, former Member of Parliament
He just turned 14 this past week and last night was his eighth grade graduation -- high school now beckons. Like every other parent present, I watched...
Zak Pelaccio, 07.05.2011
fatty crew (fatty crab, fatty 'cue, fatty snack) trip leader. father.
A classroom in a NYC Public School dedicated solely to teaching elementary school kids how to create tasty food with real, fresh, non-processed ingredients. I had never heard of anything like it.
The Center for Public Integrity, 07.05.2011
Original investigative journalism
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Craig R. Barrett, 07.05.2011
It's time to use honest assessments and do the hard work of getting more of our students to clear the bar. Together, we can stop the race to the bottom for American students.
Ilana Garon, 07.03.2011
Teacher in a Bronx public high school
As nice as it feels to get something right the first time, there's no lesson in it. The accomplishments you'll be most proud of in life will be hard-fought, full of setbacks, errors, and -- yes -- failure.
Eric Sheninger, 07.03.2011
Principal at New Milford High School
More than ever, education needs passionate individuals who have the drive, patience, and character to work with students that have diverse learning needs.
Andy Plesser, 07.05.2011
Beet.TV
Reach for Success has helped scores of young people go on to college through preparation and financial assistance.
Grant Calder, 07.03.2011
Teacher
Hilary Clinton's profile, Secretary of State and a former New York Senator, recalled that of Charles Evans Hughes. Steve Jobs, the maverick entrepreneur and creative genius, reminded students of Edison. Bill Gates seemed much like Rockefeller.