Education

We Must Learn Again

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Apr 4, 2007 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A New Day at Harvard

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Feb 15, 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust's appointment as the university's new president comes at a time when the story line of feminism has taken an odd turn. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Harvard Chooses First Woman President

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 A year after its president was forced to resign because of a controversial remark about gender, Harvard University is about to appoint its first woman president. The promotion of Drew Gilpin Faust, a historian, will end a 371-year-long drought of female leadership at one of the nation's oldest institutions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Evangelicals Make War on Evolution

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 This short documentary is perhaps as scary as it gets: Creationists indoctrinate children into believing that humans and dinosaurs coexisted a few thousand years ago. Want to see what this kind of indoctrination leads to? Read Andrew Sullivan describing why it's impossible for him to ever doubt the existence of God. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Leaving Children Behind

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Jan 31, 2007 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Firestorm Over Attack on Yale Singers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2007 Nearly two weeks after a group of San Francisco high school students assaulted the members of a Yale all-male a capella singing group -- leaving two hospitalized -- charges of homophobia, a police cover-up and local political indifference are making headway in the national news media Comprehensive coverage Cops finish questioning singers (two weeks late) <!--Check out a recent (non-attack) video of the Yale singing group, The Baker's Dozen-->. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Cummins: Turning Around L.A. Unified

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Dec 20, 2006 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Paul Cummins: Cheap Children

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Dec 6, 2006 Despite our planet's vast resources, we condemn over 20,000 children a day to miserable, preventable deaths. The escape from this tragedy begins with a fresh perspective on education. Dig deeper

Videocast: Robert Scheer on House Politics, Traitor Joe, Education and O.J.

BLANK Nov 17, 2006 Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer breaks down the race for speaker, Lieberman's threats, the reason the education system is broken and O.J.'s revolting hypothetical. Dig deeper

UCLA Cops Taser Cuffed Student

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2006 University police officers repeatedly stunned a handcuffed UCLA student with a Taser in a library after he could not produce an identification card. The video is sickening. The university is promising an investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Cummins: The Elephant in the Classroom

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Nov 13, 2006 In this excerpt from his new book, "Two Americas, Two Educations," the co-founder of the trailblazing Crossroads School in Santa Monica, Calif., argues that America contradicts its purported belief in the value of education by egregiously underfunding it. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Paul Cummins: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Education Reform

Paul Cummins / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 The co-founder of the trailblazing Crossroads and New Roads schools in Santa Monica argues that if we can?t fund cuts in class sizes and improve educational resources, nothing else we do will matter a whit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )