Don McLeroy on Colbert Report

Don McLeroy former head of the State Texas Board of Education, and the subject of the movie Revisionists

Kansas City's Failing Schools

Kansas City's Failing Schools Leave Kids Behind

Zero Tolerance in Schools

Boston area schools with 'Zero tolerance' policies

5 Under-reported Education stories of the last year

Five Under Reported stories of this past year in the domain of education

Why is the cost of college rising so fast?

There are a lot of reasons college costs so much: several reasons are tackled in this article.

Fix Education, restore social mobility

Fix Education, Restore Social Mobility

Khan is trying to change education

Free from the constraints of teachers unions, or a political base, Salman Khan is trying to revolutionize education.

Military Schools Falling Down

Newsweek reports on the sad state of on base schools for the children of our men and women who serve.

Waiting for Superman

For those of you who haven't seen the movie Waiting for Superman, it is worth checking out. It's a short 90 minute documentary about our failing education system (you can view the trailer here).

It makes the point that teachers are a national resource, but teachers' unions often obstruct the process of reform. It highlights many egregious results of unions, particularly the difficulty in firing terrible teachers.

It is structured around the stories of five parents trying to enroll their children into elite charter schools and describes how some charter schools are doing a fantastic job in even the worst neighborhoods in America. It doesn't answer every question about how to fix American school system, but it does a great job pointing several flaws in the system. The official site for the movie allows you to buy the dvd and encourages you to get active in the movement to reform public education.

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Salman Khan: makes his pitch in this 20 minute video, about how we should be using video to reinvent education. He is the founder of the Khan Academy.
It is a fascinating look as to how we could use the Khan Academy to supplement US public education, to better help our children.
Business week wrote up a nice article about Khan and what he does.

Khan Academy

Salman Khan was on the Colbert Report last night to talk about his education revolution the Khan Academy, where he is attempting to change the way we think about education and bring it to the entire world. His academy, summarized well on wikipedia, has over 2300 educational videos online. They are all about 10 minutes (or less).
Salman Khan was a hedge fund manager, and started tutoring his cousins over the internet via youtube. He eventually quit to found the non-profit the Khan academy, and is trying to improve education in our country and our world.

How much do we spend on education?

How much money are we spending per pupil? Why are school districts under-reporting how much they spend per student? Regardless of political party can't we all agree transparency is a good thing. That we should be able to follow the money?