Dreary Prospects For Iraq’s Women

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2006 For years Iraqi women enjoyed access to education and professional careers. After the U.S. invasion, President Bush promised to expand those freedoms, but the prevalence of sectarian violence and religious fundamentalism has stripped Iraq's women of many of the rights they had been accustomed to. Dig deeper ( 2 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

Ellen Goodman: Men Are From Mars, Women Want to ‘Make Things Better’

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Nov 23, 2006 Post-election polls show that while men were angry at Bush, women cast their votes seeking real improvement. But will the Democrats be able to deliver on women's expectations? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdig Podcast: House Politics, Traitor Joe, Education and O.J.

Staff / Truthdig 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 ( 1 Min. Read )

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

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 )

Government Admits to Yet Another Domestic Spying Program

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2006 The Education Department has admitted to searching through millions of student loan records on behalf of the FBI. The government says the operation, known as ?Project Strike Back,? was meant to uncover information on individuals allegedly related to terror investigations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Generation F

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2006 The national SAT score average has suffered its most severe drop in 30 years. Educators insist that kids are just as intelligent, but that a recent redesign of the test, which placed increased emphasis on math and critical reading skills, is to blame for the poor showing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Coming Soon: Wikiversity

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 The Wikimania conference is underway, and "mania" is just one word that's getting the wiki treatment. Consider these project announcements: "Wikiversity" and "Wikiwyg." More news on what's new in wiki via blogger Andy Carvin (via boingboing.net). Great story by Stacy Schiff in The New Yorker about the future of Wikipedia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ellen Goodman: The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is a Red Herring

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 Although it's sexier and more startling to talk about boys falling behind girls in schools, the real dividing line is race and class. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gene Gerard: Abstaining from Sex Education Politics

Gene Gerard / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 New Truthdig contributor Gene Gerard, a longtime college professor of history, religion and ethics, examines the efforts of conservative legislators to stifle discussion of contraceptives in public schools--in favor of abstinence-only education. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )