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NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Education Survey - http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html
Public approves of higher taxes for schools, but wants fairness in funding; support weak for vouchers and unclear for charter schools. Read or take the poll. |
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Media Visions - http://www.media-visions.com/education.html
Articles and essays by journalist Ken Freed, covering issues related to literacy and educational technology. |
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Moral Issues in Education - http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/taku77/
Research articles and other essays regarding character education in the United States and Japan, by Taku Ikemoto |
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Education Matters - Essays on Public Education - http://www.tellingthetruth.com/education_matters/
Sandra Nichols writes about bilingual education, safe schools, small schools and the importance of trust and good communication between students, parents, teachers, and administrators. |
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NPR : Hearing Voices: High School's 'Quiet Kids' - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4557214
Producer Hilary Frank of the Hearing Voices radio project presents the voices of some quiet kids, teenagers, who feel isolated from the cultural life of their high schools. The story originally aired on member station WBEZ's Chicago Matters. [4:07 streaming audio broadcast] |
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Independent Voices for Better Education - http://www.ivbe.org
Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability. |
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Future of Freedom Foundation: Education - http://www.fff.org/issues/education.asp
Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence. |
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NPR : Homework: How Much is Too Much? - http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/mar/homework/index.html
NPR presents a multi-part series on homework -- how educators are balancing mandates to improve test scores against a chronic lack of resources and the need for children to have enough time to be children. [Four segments, each in Realaudio format.] |
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Educational Pathways to Power - http://www.runet.edu/~gstudies/sources/nz/keyaddr.htm
An address by Hilary Lips - recipient of the New Zealand Federation of University Women's Distinguished American Scholar Award - and distributed by Radford University's Center for Gender Studies. |
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NYTimes.com - Sleep Is One Thing Missing in Busy Teenage Lives - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/health/children/05SLEE.html
Many teenagers live in a state of chronic sleep deficit that can affect mood, behavior, schoolwork and reaction time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.] |