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30 Issues: Education in NYC
Mayor Bloomberg has asked the voters to judge him on his success in improving public education. In this first edition of our New York/New Jersey “30 Issues in 30 Days” series, we take measure of the city’s public schools and the mayor’s emphasis on testing.
Katrina, Rita, and Cronyism
John Harwood, political editor at the Wall Street Journal
and
Karen Tumulty, national political correspondent for Time Magazine
-on hurricane winds in the South , and swirling accusations of corruption in Washington
» The Wall Street Journal
» Time magazine
What Do Noam Chomsky, Shirin Ebadi, and Paul Wolfowitz Have in Common?
William Dobson, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine
-explains FP’s list of the top 100 public intellectuals
» The Prospect's and Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals
30 Issues:School Testing
Diane Ravitch, research professor of Education at New York University and author,
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Knopf, 2003)
- says the test results need to be compared to the national results
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Clara Hemphill editor of InsideSchools.org and author,
New York City's Best Public Elementary Schoolss. A Parents' Guide (Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 2005)
- says that the tests show improvements in New York schools
» Diane Ravitch's website
» Inside Schools
Bubblicious
David Leonhardt, economics writer for the New York Times,
-says it really is sometimes better to rent than to buy
» "Is It Better to Buy or Rent?" (The New York Times)
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