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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.
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.
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain is available for purchase at
Amazon.com.
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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Bruce Lambert, Long Island Correspondent for the New York Times explains how the education issue is playing in the Nassau County State Senate race.
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
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