Inner city teachers have long talked of getting “combat pay” for teaching in troubled schools but now they are taking the military analogy to a whole new level.
If medical schools matched up with the practice of medicine in the way in which journalistic training preps reporters for careers in journalism, patients would be dropping like flies.
Veteran educator Tony Wagner argues that American schools, both public and private have missed the mark when it comes to teaching our children the survival skills needed for gainful employment.
Just three days after the election, a Brookings Institution leader issued a memo to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to restore the Fairness Doctrine.
Brookings Institution experts met recently to discuss the President-elect’s public policy stance on climate change and the current global economic crisis that challenges the very viability of the nation. They also want to bring the Fairness Doctrine to radio broadcasting.
Americans who do not believe in God have decided it’s time to give President-elect Barack Obama his first memo: the Department of Defense ought not speak for God.
Moderating, PBS’ Kim Lawton asked for clarity on the role faith and religion had played in the quest for the White House, what impact it had on voters and what the results may mean for the future of the role of faith in American politics.