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Equity Symposium: Federal Education Money Plugging Budget Holes But Not Advancing Equity

The annual Equity Symposium being conducted at TC today and tomorrow is unveiling research showing that $100 billion in federal funds going to states for school systems is not advancing equity for poor students. To read a New York Times story on research being presented at the symposium, see http://nyti.ms/a0G6KE. To read an op-ed in The Huffington Post by TC's Michael Rebell on the unconstitutionality of current school budget cuts, see http://bit.ly/9nEoRy.  Published: 2/8/2010

Equity Symposium Asks: Where Is $100 Billion in Education Aid Going?

Equity Symposium Asks: Where Is $100 Billion in Education Aid Going?

The federal government is showering states with $100 billion in aid to schools. This year's Equity Symposium, February 8 and 9, examines whether that money is going toward improving schools for poor children.  Published: 1/26/2010

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

Herbert Ginsburg and Sharon Lynn Kagan, who contributed to a National Academy of Sciences report on the ability of young children to learn math will discuss the report's findings at a special panel discussion on Tuesday, January 26  Published: 1/26/2010

A Message About Haiti

A Message About Haiti

Teachers College joins with people all over the world in expressing its horror, grief and concern about the recent earthquake in Haiti.  Published: 1/13/2010

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TC's Hatch Targets Flawed Assumptions in School Reform

TC faculty member Thomas Hatch argues in Education Week that many of the new school reform initiatives being promoted by the U.S. Department of Education rest on old and flawed assumptions of past efforts.  Published: 12/7/2009

"Standards Aren

"Standards Aren't Enough," President Fuhrman Writes in EdWeek

Commentary in Education Week co-authored by TC President Susan Fuhrman says draft national standards are only the first step in improving education. "Curricula, tests, textbooks, lesson plans, and teachers' on-the-job training will all have to be revised to reinforce the standards," the authors write.  Published: 10/8/2009

OPINION: Standards can't make separate equal

Yesterday an advocate of high academic standards and school accountability was sworn in as New York State commissioner of education. David Steiner seems convinced the best way to close the yawning achievement gaps across different racial and ethnic groups is to raise the bar via mandated standards that dictate what concepts are taught and tested in schools, while creating negative consequences for educators when students fail.  Published: 10/2/2009

Obama and the Integration Generation

Obama and the Integration Generation

In a commentary piece in Education Week, TC's Amy Stuart Wells argues that Barack Obama embodies the idealism of a generation not always known for it.  Published: 3/2/2009

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

Herbert Ginsburg and Sharon Lynn Kagan, who contributed to a National Academy of Sciences report on the ability of young children to learn math will discuss the report's findings at a special panel discussion on Tuesday, January 26   Released: 1/26/2010

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