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A people’s education platform

By Valerie Strauss

With the presidential election approaching and the recent Chicago teachers strike, it seems like a good time for the following post, a “people’s platform” for education, or what Americans really want from their public schools. It was written by Nancy Flanagan, an education consultant and blogger at Education Week Teacher, and Don Bartalo, a retired superintendent who now works as an instructional coach and is also an author.

By Nancy Flanagan and Don Bartalo

What if education policy guidelines and political platforms were shaped by rank-and-file citizens?

What if the real education experts — parents, teachers, students and 

How one teacher dealt with class clown — video

by Valerie Strauss

Here’s a video showing how one teacher handled a class clown. Note: This is not a recommended disciplinary method.
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President Obama interview for Education Nation — transcript

by Valerie Strauss

Here’s the transcript of an interview that President Obama gave to NBC News and that was aired on Tuesday during the network’s 2012 Education Nation Summit.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also gave an interview at the summit, which you can read here.
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