Education Reform on the Ground: Baltimore and New York City
Apr 2, 2010
New York is pushing to close its lowest-performing schools and create new charter schools.
Projects
Getting Schooled: Remaking American Education
All week long The Takeaway is GETTING SCHOOLED: going across the country and into our classrooms to find out how the Obama administration could be remaking how American children are educated. What’s working? And can the best programs be scaled-up so they work for more kids in bigger schools?
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Technology and Teaching in Today's Classrooms
Mar 31, 2010The Obama administration is pushing to incorporate innovative technology initiatives in its reforms of No Child Left Behind. The President has set aside millions for a technology inve... -
What Courses Should Be Mandatory? Your Responses on Fixing Our Education System
Mar 31, 2010Takeaway listeners from around the country called and wrote in with educational innovations for our school system. What do you think should be mandatory coursework for all students? -
Education Sec. Arne Duncan on Education Reform
Mar 30, 2010We're 'Getting Schooled' this week on the future of education, pre-K through 12, in America. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joins us to discuss the reforms circulating in Washingt... -
'Getting Schooled': What Should be Required for All Students?
Mar 30, 2010We've been thinking about a possible national curriculum and are asking you: other than the essentials of reading and math, what's the one other class that you think should be require... -
What Can US Schools Learn from Other Countries?
Mar 29, 2010All week long we are 'Getting Schooled' on the Takeaway — talking about the big issues in our schools today and how things are changing, now that No Child Left Behind is being revampe... -
What Makes a Great Teacher?
Mar 29, 2010All this week we're talking about American education, and how to make it better. How much do good schools come down to good teachers? What makes a great teacher? » Call us at 877-8-... -
A Finnish Student's Take on American High School
Mar 28, 2010Finnish student Elina Lamponen spent a year as an exchange student in small-town Michigan, and comments on leaving Helsinki and big-city life, as well as how American high school comp...
