Paul Cummins on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/76/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-05-14T21:05:53+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Some Educational Action Items for Obama http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090514_some_educational_action_items_for_obama/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090514_some_educational_action_items_for_obama/ arts, barack obama, cummins, education, environment, harlem children's zones, health care, physical education, president, ronald reagan, taxes, high school hallway

So, with the economy in the proverbial toilet and the D word (depression) hovering on the periphery, what is the Obama administration supposed to do about education? What can it do? Will additional and new funding be necessary to address his main concerns? 

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]]> 2009-05-14T21:05:53+00:00 The Rebirth of Education http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090303_the_rebirth_of_education/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090303_the_rebirth_of_education/ barack obama, budget, college, education, harlem, no child left behind, reform, standardized testing, school scene

A friend of mine, J.M. Zimmerman, once stated that to revitalize our schools, engage our children and ultimately save our planet will require “the death of education and its rebirth.” Sometimes systems are so flawed that they need to be scrapped and replaced rather than fiddled with or fixed. 

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]]> 2009-03-03T08:51:43+00:00 When Teachers Are the Dropouts http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080425_when_teachers_are_the_dropouts/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080425_when_teachers_are_the_dropouts/ america, classroom, cummins, drop-out, education, educator, literacy, poverty, schools, teacher, teaching, English classroom

Much is made of the dropout rate in America’s schools, and usually it’s the students who are the focus of the discussion. But what happens when teachers themselves opt out of their roles in the classroom? [In this short analysis, Truthdig educational expert Paul Cummins looks at teachers’ heartbreak, frustration and depression.]

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]]> 2008-04-25T20:23:00+00:00 In Their Place http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/in_their_place/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/in_their_place/ activism, crime, education, equality, history, marshall plan, paul cummins, race, racism, After 400 years of abuse, African-Americans continue to struggle with an inequitable America. If we’re serious about leaving no child behind, we should start by offering black families a fair shot in life.

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]]> 2007-04-11T04:29:00+00:00 We Must Learn Again http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_must_learn_again/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_must_learn_again/ culture, education, individualism, learning, literature, paul cummins, school, society, testing, The author takes aim at the shortcomings of the contemporary American educational system, laments the current state of arts education, and wonders what exactly schools are preparing younger generations to do—and become.

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]]> 2007-04-04T10:43:00+00:00 The Said and the Unsaid http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070212_heard_melodies/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070212_heard_melodies/ global warming, nuclear proliferation, poverty, state of the union, George W. Bush

The most instructive way to interpret Bush’s State of the Union speech is to focus on what he didn’t say.

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]]> 2007-02-13T04:42:00+00:00 Leaving Children Behind http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070130_paul_cummins_leaving_children_behind/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070130_paul_cummins_leaving_children_behind/ cummins, education, no child left behind, Signing ceremony

The No Child Left Behind Act’s relentless focus on testing blinds us to the egregious funding shortages that plague our nation’s public schools.

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]]> 2007-01-31T01:38:00+00:00 Paul Cummins: We Reap What We Sow http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070117_paul_cummins_reap_sow/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070117_paul_cummins_reap_sow/ dudamel, education, music, venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel

A wildly successful Venezuelan governmental program that makes free musical instruments and training available to all children should serve as a model for the U.S. as we struggle to keep guns out of kids’ hands.

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]]> 2007-01-18T00:20:00+00:00 Paul Cummins: Writing Poetry Beats Armed Robbery http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070103_paul_cummins_poetry_armed_robbery/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070103_paul_cummins_poetry_armed_robbery/ education, enrichment, jail, juvenile, poetry, prison, rehabilitation, youth, An enrichment program for incarcerated L.A. youths is proving that non-punitive rehabilitation can and does work.

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]]> 2007-01-04T01:36:00+00:00 Paul Cummins: Turning Around L.A. Unified http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061219_paul_cummins_unified/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061219_paul_cummins_unified/ education, lausd, school, We’re never going to make any progress reforming the nation’s most dysfunctional school systems unless we first address the segregation that partitions our communities.

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