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- ; Teacher Cheating Scandal Is Symptom of Public Schools' Failure
If the disturbing documentary "Waiting for Superman" didn't convince you that a massive overhaul of the public education system is necessary, maybe the massive cheating scandal erupting in the Atlanta public school system will. First off, there is no argument that public education in America is a complete and total disaster. Our children routinely score at the bottom of the barrel in math, science and geography, while more than 50 percent of other children drop out of high school in some districts.
- The Washington Times
- July 29, 2011
- Learning to Stand and Speak: Women, Education, and Public Life in America's Republic/Claiming the Pen: Women and Intellectual Life in the Early American South
(This commitment to recovery work is reflected in the striking illustrations in both texts, though Kelley's does boast a much more extensive collection of images.) Viewing literacy as including women's personal writing and reading, as well as their use of oral skills in social settings, Kelley and Kerrison each regard the complex culture of women's pre- and post-Revolutionary literacy practices as a rich terrain for study. Whereas Kerrison mines individual book purchases, private journals, and correspondence to trace southern women's personal reading activities and underscore the ways they differed from young men's literacy practices, Kelley shows how formal educational institutions of the antebellum era-in all regions of the new nation-sought to set women's learning on a par with men'...
- Legacy
- Vol. 25 Nbr. 1, April 2008
- Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America.
Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America by Gene V Glass, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, N.C., 2008, 3...
- School Administrator
- Vol. 65 Nbr. 11, December 2008

- Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America.
Review - Brief Article
- Journal of Church and State
- Vol. 42 Nbr. 4, September 2000
- Learning Is a Three-Legged Race, and We're Losing
As we focus on shrinking school budgets, lower test scores and falling reading levels, we seem to miss the bigger picture. From the earliest colonial times in this country, education was a partnership between the teacher, the student and the parent. If we're going to talk about education, let's start with that three- legged table that has always propped up public education in America. *TEACHERS: Teachers need accountability, but they need support and fairness as well. How is it fair to judge a teacher on his or her scores, if that teacher had a student with a medical issue that was not resolved all year by the parent? There must be accountability in place for all three -- parents, students and teachers.
- Buffalo News
- July 16, 2011
- Make Time to Go Watch 'Superman'
It has been called a film that will change the face of public education in America. Its critics say it brushes aside inconvenient truths and scapegoats teachers unions. Regardless, anyone interested in improving this state's public schools - including legislators and the education community - should take the time to see "Waiting for Superman" at the Capitol City Cinemas Monday through Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
- Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
- February 05, 2011
- Guest View: Public Education Enters a New Gilded Age
IN American history class, students learn the Gilded Age was a time in the late 19th century when the economic prosperity of the Second Industrial Revolution belied the corruption lying just below the surface. Similarly, public education in America has entered its own Gilded Age. But the problem this time is not corruption but confidence - overconfidence to be exact. While we may fully believe in our own greatness, American students lag behind their counterparts from several industrialized nations.
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune
- November 16, 2010
- Documentary Highlights Importance of Teaching
On most critics' list of "must see" films this fall is Davis Guggenheim's documentary "Waiting for Superman." The film follows five families trying to exit problematic compulsory public schools. Specifically they seek enrollment at high performing public charter schools. Because of high demand for these charter schools, admission happens only through lottery. As Guggenheim draws audiences into these compelling stories, he also provides a hard- hitting critique of contemporary public education in America. When you see the film (which you must), be prepared to become emotionally involved as you yearn to see five hopeful children get what all children deserve: safety, encouragement, support and rigorously enforced high expectations.
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- November 02, 2010
- Portland to Host First in a Series of Public Hearings to Improve Public Education in America
News Advisory: A national task force on public education will visit Portland Friday to meet with Oregonian education leaders and advocates to learn about innovative solutions to the problems facing our public schools. The task force, a joint project of the Institute for America's Future and the Center for American Progress, is charged with developing a new agenda for investing in our public schools and is reaching out to education leaders across the country and holding public hearings nationwide beginning this week in Portland.
- U.S. Newswire
- August 24, 2004
- Plyler v. Doe 1982
...' Claim: That a Texas law withholding public funds from local school districts for educating ch..., states could no longer deny public education to children only because they were illegal aliens....