June 27, 2014
On June 18th, The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted Randi Weingarten, the current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Engaging in a conversation with Frederick Hess, AEI’s director of education policy studies, Weingarten firstly shared with the audience that the need for debate—a dialogue with different people. As it currently stands, the AFT […]
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June 20, 2014
Three weeks ago I was starting my first day at the Center for Education Reform (CER), and now I’m concluding my experience with the organization. My experience with CER has been educational and I have acquired more knowledge about the education field as a result. My daily task included uploading information from articles that were […]
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June 19, 2014
The 1990 World Cup in Italy marked the first time in 40 years that the U.S. Men’s National Team played in soccer’s biggest international tournament. Over the last two decades, the U.S. has played in every World Cup since, and draws in record ratings as many Americans rediscover their newfound interest in soccer every four […]
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June 18, 2014
The National Press Club hosted a luncheon with the internationally recognized film writer and director, M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan has written and directed many movies including The Sixth Sense (1999), which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. How is this Hollywood superstar related to education reform? Shyamalan recently published a book, I […]
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June 17, 2014
Education experts gathered at the New America Foundation this morning to offer remarks and panel discussion on the subject “Anytime, Anywhere Summer Learning: Connecting Young Children and Their Families to Early Literacy Opportunities.” Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy Roberto Rodriguez, National Summer Learning Association CEO Sarah Pitcock, and NYU Professor of Early […]
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June 16, 2014
Every year Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools, located in the Washington, DC area, have their annual senior thesis symposium. Starting in the ninth grade, Chavez scholars are introduced to the topic of public policy and up until their senior year they participate in several activities that involve public policy. For example, in the ninth grade […]
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June 12, 2014
The first year of my undergraduate experience was a whirlwind of trying new classes and discovering the path on which I would travel for the next four years. While I took courses with many different focuses, the two most influential classes were a sociology course with a focus on the inequalities that persist in the […]
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June 12, 2014
A dozen first graders’ hands shot up in chorus at each question, and I might have concluded that their teacher had simply rehearsed the whole performance for the sake of window dressing the tour. But the enthusiasm and engagement I found in classroom after classroom was backed up with awards and recognitions that put this […]
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June 11, 2014
The transition from a public school to a charter school was not very difficult for me because, for starters, I was young and did not really understand the difference between the two. Before attending Cesar Chavez PCS: Parkside Campus I attended Burrville Elementary and before that Merritt Elementary. The two schools shared one thing in […]
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June 6, 2014
New Hope Academy Charter School in York, PA, is making a final stand before closing its doors on Tuesday. The highly popular, high-performing school has been embroiled in a fight with the York City School District for years, culminating in a legal dispute that involved the State Charter Appeal Board. New Hope’s charter was revoked due […]
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