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Author: Andrew Johnson

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The Atlantic: How Education Policy Went Astray

April 12, 2015April 13, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

Julian E. Zelizer of The Atlantic comments on how education policy has struggled in the last five decades, with a specific focus on the emphasis on testing over school funding: …

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Another lawsuit challenges teachers unions’ dues

April 12, 2015April 13, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

Edweek reports on the issue of “right-to-work”, but with the untold prospective on how it relates to teaching.   In the lawsuit, the teachers focus only on the 35 to …

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Report debunks ‘earlier is better’ academic instruction for young children

April 12, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

The Washington Post reports on a Lillian Katz study that attacks the idea of educating children extremely earlier in their lives. Katz says that “intellectual dispositions” of young children may …

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Mexican-American toddlers and the achievement gap

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

NPR reported on the struggles Mexican American Children are having adjusting to the American Education System   The study followed 4,550 Mexican-American children from birth to 30 months of age. …

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Sex education in Europe turns to urging more births

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

Today’s New York Times features news about changes in sexual education in Europe. It gives an international perspective on a heated subject here in America. Denmark, like a number of …

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STEM and Special Education: Breaking Through Expectations at P-TECH

April 4, 2015June 8, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

Only 14 percent of engineers are female. And only 4 percent of employees in the field of science, technology, engineering and math are special education students. Briana Conner at P-TECH breaks the mold.

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Sister Margaret joins the mayor’s new universal pre-kindergarten initiative

April 1, 2015May 16, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

Sister Margaret of St. Tolentine Church in the Bronx runs a pre-kindergarten that is now part of Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s universal pre-k initiative.

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Book Review: The Teacher Wars: A History at America’s Most Embattled Profession

March 23, 2015 - by Andrew Johnson

A more appropriate title for this book would be “The Teacher Wars: A Look at America’s Longest Conflict,” for as author Dana Goldstein puts it in her informative and enlightening …

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