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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Newt Gingrich Interview With Politico's Allen - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Newt Gingrich Interview With Politico's Allen - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Newt Gingrich Interview With Politico's Allen



Gingrich's New Book:
"To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular Socialist Machine"

"Solving Our Education Crisis" Chapter Discussed
With Politico's Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen
Videos Below

Clip #1 - Newt's Education Revolution. Gingrich addresses circumventing teacher union, teacher college and bureaucratic power, the case for allowing citizen "experts" to teach part-time, Pell grants for K-12, and an "open-ended charter school system."

Clip #2 - Newt grades President Obama on education. Discussion includes Race To The Top, Arne Duncan.

Clip #3 - Gingrich "Earning by Learning" program: paying kids to learn. Proposes competition between teachers and schools to accelerate learning, high school graduation, and putting kids to work earlier. Discusses life-long learning.

Clip #4 - Gingrich on "brain science" and technology. Discusses Kindle, iPod, Ipad vs. textbooks, on-line courses from MIT and Duke, on-demand 24/7 learning, social media.

For full transcript and link to Politico. Videos Below.