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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, September 26, 2005
  • 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
and
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)

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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