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Chip Shot: Will Innovation Fuel the U.S. Economy?

Last night in Washington, D.C. Intel kicked off a two-day event with The Aspen Institute and PBS’s NewsHour on the role of innovation in America’s economic future. Speakers included PBS’s Gwen Ifill and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Newsweek’s Jon Meacham with John Kao and Sir Harold Evans, and Judy Woodruff with Obama Economic Policy advisor Larry Summers. View videos here and follow the discussion on Twitter (hashtag: #innovateUS).

Gerald Bracey: Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Our Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has been on a “listening tour” where he’s done most of the talking. He advocates, repeatedly, that mayors should…

Esther J. Cepeda: Are Some Children More Valuable Than Others? Colorblindness Necessary to Fix Education

It is high time to put the race and ethnicity issue – as it relates to student success in this country – in a coffin and bury it forever.