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Lisa Guisbond responded on January 17, 12 09:39 AM

Move Beyond NCLB   The Obama Administration wants to have it both ways. First they push plans that will increase the focus on reading and math scores, which will predictably narrow the curriculum even...

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Cynthia G. (Cindy) Brown responded on January 17, 12 09:41 AM

  Americans are growing increasingly separated by income and educational attainment and we are seeing the adverse consequences of this inequality. Our politics has also become polarized to the point...

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Steve Peha responded on January 17, 12 10:07 PM

To Cool For School? There are times when I wonder if ed reform has gotten “too cool for school.” Mere learning is now passé; a well-paying job is the true 21st century diploma. Civics and things like...

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Joanne Jacobs responded on January 18, 12 09:31 PM

Civics is a 10th Grade Class  All high school students should learn civics (usually 10th grade) and U.S. history (usually 11th).  But I object to mandating community service projects. Few teachers have...

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Chester E. Finn, Jr. responded on January 19, 12 04:17 PM

Should schools turn kids into activists?   Pretty much everybody favors better “civics education” in our schools and colleges. Pretty much everybody who thinks about such matters is alarmed that barely...

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Fawn Johnson responded on January 26, 12 10:30 AM

Guest: How Dedicated Are We Really?   Here is a comment from David Feith, Assistant Op-Ed Editor at The Wall Street Journal; Chairman of the Civic Education Initiative and Editor of Teaching America:...

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Anne L. Bryant responded on February 15, 12 07:55 PM

Civics and Character Education are Vital Civics and character education are important elements of a young person’s education. For too long we have let “slip” the importance of both of these “subjects”...

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A Civics Lesson

The Education Department released a report last week arguing that civics education should be reinvigorated and reimagined. The White House is suggesting that higher education is about more than just...

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