Education Nation Kicks Off With Questionable Sponsor, New Teacher Survey

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Education Nation Kicks Off With Questionable Sponsor, New Teacher Survey

First Posted: 9/27/11 09:03 AM ET Updated: 9/27/11 10:02 AM ET

NEW YORK -- Hundreds of players in the education debate hunkered down in a tent staked over Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink this week for NBC's multi-million dollar, three-day panel fest "Education Nation."

This year marks the second iteration of Education Nation, which launched in 2010 on the heels of "Waiting for Superman," a popular documentary that increased the focus on education policy, while also drawing criticism for presenting charter schools as the ultimate solution. Some condemned last year's Education Nation conference for siding with the education reform movement, for excluding teachers and for presenting shallow content.

"This year is about going a little bit deeper and

Poverty is relative, wealth is absolute - NorthJersey.com

Poverty is relative, wealth is absolute - NorthJersey.com:

Poverty is relative, wealth is absolute

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To understand wealth is to know its non-utilitarian nature; wealth is excess beyond usefulness.

SHOCK HEADLINES greeted the release of new federal government statistics on poverty, fueling a vitriolic debate about wealth and poverty in America.

Ancient rhetoric is resurrected every election cycle to confuse the issue and further divide the populace. For a meaningful discussion of issues, we must keep in mind that poverty is relative. We must also seek to understand the nature of true wealth.

We can and do quantify poverty. According to the newest government figures, 15.7 percent of all Americans — about 46 million people — are poor. Poverty lines are drawn based on income: $11,344 for one person, $22,113 for a "unit" of two adults and two children.

In New Jersey, the poverty rate is now 10.3 percent, and 14.2 percent of the state's children live under

Women’s Delegation Traveling to Atlanta to Expose Human Rights Violations MomsRising Blog

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Georgia’s New Anti-Immigrant Law – Writings from the Women’s Delegation Traveling to Atlanta to Expose Human Rights Violations

Mary Olivella at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

Welcome to the MomsRising blog-a-thon developed by the delegation of women leaders traveling to Georgia this week as part of a growing national resistance to anti-immigrant laws. The We Belong Together Delegation will hear, and then share, the stories of women and children affected by Georgia’s anti-immigrant bill, HB 87, copycat legislation of Arizona’s controversial [...]

My Mother’s Story and Why I’m Going to Georgia

Wendy Cervantes at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

This week I’m going to Georgia, and I’m excited and hopeful. I’m honored to be joining several other women from around the country as part of the We Belong Together delegation tasked with documenting the impact of Georgia’s new anti-immigrant law on children and families. Their suffering is very real, yet their voices are often [...]

Addressing Georgia’s New and Abusive Anti-Immigrant Law – Why I am joining the “We Belong Together” Delegation

Mary Olivella at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

For more than two hundred years, mothers from every corner of the globe have come here to seek a better life for their families, particularly their children. And all of us, newcomers as well as those with families who have been here for generations, want our children to live a safe and healthy life, one [...]

In Georgia, Thinking of Henry and His Mother

Maria Elena Perez at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

“It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place in society. She just asks to be acknowledged. My greatest fear is my mom being deported.” (Henry, U.S. citizen whose mother is an undocumented immigrant) I thought of Henry — and his mother — when I was asked to [...]

For my mother. For my daughters.

Miriam Yeung at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

Being a new parent is hard. The sleepless nights, the sudden loss of free time, the aching biceps from carrying around a surprisingly heavy baby, the spit up, the bottles, the picking up, the picking up, the picking up. But during my most miserable nights of waking up at 12am, then 2am, then 4am – [ ...]

Why I am going to Georgia

Betty G. Robinson at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

I am going to Georgia for the purpose of making the invisible visible. In the spring of 1960 while a college student, I read about African American students in the South sitting in because they were unable to be served at lunch-counters of national chain stores. I was shocked! I had believed my country was [...]

Georgia on My Mind

Tiffany Williams at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

Since the execution of Troy Davis, whose shattering story activated thousands of people across the country to speak out against a flawed justice system and the brutality of capital punishment, Georgia has been on my mind. I was born there, in a small town outside of Atlanta called Austell, and spent many summers in Newnan [...]

I am going to Georgia to stand up for America and our children’s future.

Pramila Jayapal at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

There’s a myth out there that immigration is complex—even controversial. But the truth is that the issue of immigration may be the simplest and clearest thing that binds us all together. With the exception of our Native American brothers and sisters who were here long before any of us came and who didn’t have the [...]

No Human Being Is Illegal

Premilla Nadasen at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes ago

“No Human Being Is Illegal”: This is a phrase I’ve seen emblazoned on t-shirts and bumper stickers. It is a response to the vitriolic anti-immigrant sentiment that labels those without official papers as “illegal.” Over the past decade the political debate about immigration has heated up as money has been poured into securing our borders [...]

Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis? - Education - GOOD

Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis? - Education - GOOD:

Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis?

by Liz Dwyer

President Barack Obama spent yesterday in California, fielding questions about creating economic opportunity and putting America back to work at a Silicon Valley town hall hosted by social media site LinkedIn. As the nation grapples with a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, the connection between education and ending the nation's unemployment crisis dominated the conversation.

"When we were at our peak it was in large part because we were doing a better job than anyone else in the world

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsin

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsin:

Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsin

by Mike Klonsky

Heirs to the Walmart fortune, including Alice and Jim Walton, have given thousands to Wisconsin political candidates since mid-2008. Photo courtesy of Walmart Stores

Public schools in Wisconsin will have to make do with $800 million less from the state over the next two years,

Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- Really - Yahoo! News

Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- Really - Yahoo! News:

Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- Really

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