Teaching Pioneer Deborah Meier on Obama's Education Policy and the Future of Charter Schools

Democracy Now by Juan Gonzalez, Deborah Meier, Amy Goodman | May. 20, 2009 (Interview)

As part of the Obama administration’s education plan, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has urged states to consider partnerships with successful charter school operators. We speak to Deborah Meier, who has spent nearly four decades working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer and public advocate. She is considered to be the founder of the small schools movement and founded a number of public elementary and secondary schools in New York and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Living, Education
Topics: Money and Politics, Obama Administration, Youth, Education Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 27, 2009 - 2:11 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 27, 2009

Deborah Meier provides insights into charter schools and the range of problems and areas of promise in education.

Corporations taking over schools for profit based upon selective spins of test scores is a disservice to future generations.

we’re so interested in the best and the brightest, by our very narrow definition of what we’re looking for in this country, what we mean by merit and what we mean by ... More »

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    Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, Azam Ahmed, Pauline Lipman, Jitu Brown | Mar. 26, 2010 (Special Report)
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