Fenty, Rhee Swing Big in DC
DC's new mayor, Adrian Fenty, is turning DC into one of the nation's true centers of education reform. The Washington Post has an editorial today looking at a path-breaking proposal by schools...
View ArticleSoccer, Tequila, Immigrants and...Education
Immigrants in the New York area received important support from a major Mexican enterprise and one of the all-time favorite Mexican soccer players yesterday. The Institute for Mexicans Abroad...
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Tapping the Resources of America's Community Colleges
Publish Date: 7/26/07Robert J. ShapiroThe primary way any nation can ensure that its people enjoy broad‐based upward mobility is to raise the productivity of its workers and businesses.It...
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A Laptop in Every Backpack
Globalization Initiative Publish Date: 5/1/07 Simon Rosenberg & Alec Ross We believe that America needs to put a laptop in every backpack of every child. We need to commit to a date and grade...
View ArticleMore than One Third of DC Public School Kids Now in Charters
All three of my kids head off to school this week in DC as the public schools reopen. Buried in all the back to school stories is this remarkable passage from a Washington Post story by Bill...
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White House Director Adolfo Carrion on the 2010 Census, Education, and Housing
White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrión offers remarks to the NDN community on the 2010 Census, housing, education and the effects of urban policy on Latino communities.
View ArticleVideo: White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrión's Remarks at NDN
On Tuesday, we had the privilege of having White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrión join us at NDN for a speech on the 2010 Census, housing and education. I was personally struck by how...
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Immigrant Charter Schools
The recent passage of Arizona's SB 1070 has shed due national light on immigration as an issue that affects all Americans and needs to be addressed. At NDN, we have said for five years now that our...
View ArticleThis Week in The 21st Century America Project
Today, as analysts pore over President Obama's budget proposal, Millennial Generation activists are focusing on what his proposal means for students. According to a write-up by Reuters:President...
View ArticleJuan Williams on the GOP's Youth Problem
Today The Hill ran an interesting piece from Juan Williams entitled “How the GOP can capture the youth vote next year.” Williams’ basic logic is that some polling shows a slight decline in...
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