Bill Gates spoke with Katie Couric on Obama’s push for reform in the U.S. education system.
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Bill Gates on Education Reform
Bill Gates spoke with Katie Couric on Obama’s push for reform in the U.S. education system.
Thousands Rally in Chicago Teacher’s Strike Against Corporate-Backed Education Reform
DemocracyNow.org – School is out in Chicago for a second day as public school teachers continue their first strike in 25 years. Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the city’s powerful Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who is President Obama’s former chief of staff. On Monday, tens of thousands teachers, parents and students marched in the streets of President Obama’s adopted hometown. We go to Chicago to speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jaisal Noor.
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Common Core 101: A Quick Look At Education Reform
Fourty-five states have introduced Common Core Standards into their classrooms, but the educational reform has generated a lot of controversy.
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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gKNB2ogVpBs
WCBS http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/01/ny-students-begin-3-day-common-core-english-assessments/
Common Core State Standards http://vimeo.com/51933492
Common Core State Standards http://www.corestandards.org/standards-in-your-state/
Politico http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/student-loan-deal-arne-duncan-92672.html
C-SPAN http://www.c-span.org/video/?318282-1/bill-gates-global-poverty-development
ABC http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/week-jeb-bush-education-20627646
NY1 http://www.ny1.com/content/news/206211/city-students-begin-common-core-tests-as-testing-debate-continues
The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/18/everything-you-need-to-know-about-common-core-ravitch/
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Universal Preschool: A silver bullet for education reform or a waste of money?
With support from major foundations and political heavy hitters like Barack Obama, universal preschool is the next big thing in education reform. Indeed, on the liberal wish list, it is second only to universal health care. The goal is to offer publicly funded preschool–complete with credentialed teachers and and a standardized curriculum–to all four-year olds during the school year.
Advocates argue that public investments in early education will pay dividends over the long-term. Critics point out that the evidence from states that have universal preschool programs shows that the benefits kids receive from those programs fade out by the 4th grade.
Since preschool attendance rates in states that have universal preschool are no higher than the national average, universal preschool wouldn’t even increase preschool attendance. It would, however, cost a lot of money, put lots of privately owned preschools out of business and dramatically decrease early education options for parents.
So what do you think? Is simply expanding our failing K-12 system the best way to fix it?
Hosted by Nick Gillespie, this Reason.tv documentary was written by Paul Feine and photographed by Roger M. Richards.