Secretary Arne Duncan has $5 billion for transformation. What should he do?

Chicago Tribune by Jeb Bush, James B. Hunt Jr. | May. 4, 2009 (Opinion)

As former governors from different political parties who remain passionate about the quality of education in America, we agree that Arne Duncan is one lucky guy. As part of the $787 billion spending package passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in February, the new education secretary gets $5 billion to spend on projects that will transform America's education system. Called the "Race to the Top Fund," the money is to meant to pay for ... Full Story »

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Topics: Education Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Kristin Gorski - May 4, 2009 - 5:13 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Patricia L'Herrou (review), Roger Powelson (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - May 4, 2009 - 10:07 AM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - May. 4, 2009

An odd co-authorship with a couple original and potentially feasible ideas about education reform. I give it a poor rating on responsibility because neither author cites education policies he enacted in his state. To me, this is not a small or insignificant omission.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - May. 4, 2009

Informative commentary about President Obama's $5 billion spending package to transform education in America. This favorable opinion is jointly written by Jeb Bush, the former Republican governor of Florida and James B. Hunt Jr., the former Democratic governor of North Carolina. They provide a factual overview of the package, as well as reasonable recommendations for how to invest these funds, with a call to readers to provide their own ideas.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - May. 4, 2009

There are some very interesting ideas in this opinion piece.

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Patricia L'Herrou
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 by Patricia L'Herrou - May. 4, 2009
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Roger Powelson
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 by Roger Powelson - May. 5, 2009

I thought this was important for what it said about the conventional wisdom about Education Reform. Every eight years, a new fad emerges as the savior of the"failing" American school system. Eight years ago, George Bush George Miller, and Teddy Kennedy were the saviors. For Bill Gates, that turned into "National Standards." Now I'm seeing more and more articles about how online education can transform American education. My personal belief is that school boards exist partially to ... More »

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