Eliot Spitzer’s education proposal means more money for schools—and more accountability. What do the reforms mean for educators and kids? We’ll hear from the governor’s new deputy secretary for education, Manuel Rivera, among others. Also, Monday Morning Politics with Republican pollster and language maven Frank Luntz, and a Buddhist approach to understanding the brain.
Monday Morning Politics
Frank Luntz, word maven and author of Words that Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear (Hyperion, 2007) offers analysis of the week’s politics and political speech.
Words that Work is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Words that Work is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Zen and the Art of Neuroscience
Sharon Begley, science columnist for the Wall Street Journal and author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain (Ballantine Books, 2007) talks about new research that shows how the brain can change to recover from trauma, compensate for disability, and overcome mental illness and age-related decline.
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Held Accountable
Manuel Rivera, Governor Spitzer’s new deputy secretary for education, Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, and James Vacca, New York City Council member (D13, the Bronx) and member of its education committee, discuss the governor’s proposed education reforms.
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Happy Returns
Stanley Alpert , author of The Birthday Party (Putnam's Sons) talks about surviving a kidnapping
The Birthday Party is available for purchase at Amazon.com
The Birthday Party is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Sharon Begley
Wall Street Journal science columnist Sharon Begley talked about how the brain develops througout life on The Brian Lehrer Show on February 5, ...
Leonie Haimson
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, was a guest on The Brian Lehrer Show on February 5, 2007. She discussed ...
Required Reading: February 5, 2007
Bush Sends Congress $2.90T Spending Plan (Washington Post/AP)
Iraqis Fault Pace of U.S. Plan in Attack (NY Times)
Iraq Vote Could Resonate In 2008 (Washington Post)
Officers With PhDs Advising War Effort (Washington Post)
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