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Is the 'Race to the Top' rigged?

By Noel Anderson

9:08 AM on 04/09/2010

OPINION - True accountability can only emerge when states receive the funds they need to educate young people and not before it...
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Obama's big blow to banks: Student loan reform

By Noel Anderson

9:08 AM on 03/29/2010

OPINION - This initiative would save over $60 billion dollars over 10 years by ending subsidies to commercial and private lenders providing student loans...
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Trying minors as adults is a major mistake

By Noel Anderson

8:58 AM on 11/10/2009

OPINION - Juveniles should not be tried and treated as adults in the criminal justice system, no matter how "adult-like" the crime
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Is resistance to H1N1 vaccine healthy?

By Noel Anderson

7:30 AM on 10/21/2009

OPINION - Rogue medical trials are rooted in black social memory in this country, so I believe it's healthy to be skeptical and to turn simple answers into critical questions on this issue.
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Violent America makes for violent youth

By Noel Anderson

7:36 AM on 09/30/2009

OPINION - We should abhor the actions of the young men who killed 16-year-old Chicago student Derrion Albert, but we should not be so quick to label it just another "black-on-black" inner city crime...
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Leave banks out of student loans; give students the bailout

By Noel Anderson

7:10 AM on 09/22/2009

OPINION - Access to higher education should not be for just the privileged, it should be affordable and available to all who strive for it...
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Charter schools are not the answer to failing public education

By Noel Anderson

7:26 AM on 09/16/2009

OPINION - Do charter schools live up to the hype? The truth is they don't. There is no real distinguishable academic effect on children...
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Public education needs 'Cash for Flunkers'

By Noel Anderson

9:00 AM on 08/10/2009

This ambitious "Race to the Top" remedy for our ailing schools will still not be enough. The real problem is that many states are clunkers...
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Sotomayor may pass ultimate one-size-fits-all test

By Noel Anderson

7:43 AM on 07/28/2009

Judge Sonia Sotomayor admits she's an affirmative action baby. She stated in an interview that she did not have high SAT scores and that being a Latina helped her get into the once all-male Princeton. Despite admissions test scores, she excelled academically, surpassing the majority of her white classmates. Fast-forward...
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Stories of the grave and pool reflect the past

By Noel Anderson

5:10 PM on 07/10/2009

The recent discovery of Emmett Till's original casket in a rusting shed, yards away from where he was laid to rest by his mother, Ms. Mamie Bradley, in 1955 brought back memories of an ugly past. If you recall, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago youth, was brutally lynched by racists...
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Our schools suck

By Noel Anderson

9:30 AM on 07/01/2009

Do you remember Ty'Sheoma Bethea? She was the eighth grader in the Sunday dress sitting next to first lady, Michelle Obama, during the State of the Union address back in February 2009. Obama gave Ty'Sheoma a presidential shout-out, applauding her courage in sending a letter to him and to Congress...
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On education Obama may be Bush-lite

By Noel Anderson

12:25 AM on 06/08/2009

Is There a Difference Between the Education Agenda of George Bush and Barack Obama? Answer: Not really! President Obama's historic election sparked public excitement about getting rid of Bush's retro policies. However, when it comes to No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the controversial education law that is up for reauthorization...
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