In recent years, a growing number of alternative schools in New York have been given the mission to create innovative curricula. But the new Chancellor's plans to rein in the curricular independence of 1,000 of the system's 1,200 schools makes some teachers fret that their schools will wither. And besides not being able to march, some protesters weren't even allowed to get to the United Nations last Saturday. Also, a liberal theory of history: why free markets, democracy and peace have prevailed.
Click here to see a list of our listeners' favorite protest signs.
Click here to see a list of our listeners' favorite protest signs.
Imperial Notions
Michael Mandelbaum, American Foreign Policy Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Ideas That Conquered the World (Public Affairs, 2002), on the divisions between the US and "old Europe" over war with Iraq ...
"Real Men Know When to Pull Out!"
Shaila Dewan Metro reporter for the New York Times on the barriers in the anti-war protest at the UN
PENNY from Heaven
Camilla Saly, Technology staff director in the alternative high schools superintendency for alternative, adult, and continuing education programs and a member of the Progressive Educators Network of New York (PENNY)on how Chancellor Joel Klein's proposal for a uniform curriculum will affect the city's alternative schools
Signs of the Times
A highlight of the most creative signs from Saturday's anti-war protest
Open Phones
Listeners call on the UN protest