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Give kids a break
Let's call the extended school day what it really is: ersatz child care. I'm all for quality child care, but putting four-year-olds in school for...
USA TODAY, 12/17/07 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Make room at the table for teachers; The NEA leadership needs to be less concerned about allying itself with corporations and more concerned with supporting the teachers it represents, the authors assert
Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen. Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen. --Woody...
Phi Delta Kappan, 12/01/07 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Refrains of the school critics: behind the rhetoric lies a contempt in some quarters for the work of public educators
George Packer, a New Yorker staff writer, points to the danger of clarity, observing that seemingly simple and tough-minded words blow out as much...
School Administrator, 08/01/05 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Capitalism, Calculus, and Conscience
IN JUNE 2002, in a 4-to-1 decision, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that it's okay to rip off the children of New...
Phi Delta Kappan, 06/01/03 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Is Satire Possible?
Was a letter that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News written by a latter-day Jonathan Swift or a Louis Gerstner clone? Susan Ohanian set out to...
Phi Delta Kappan, 12/01/02 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
An Antisocial Idea.(Brief Article)
Just because the ed whiz-biz politicians and the education bureaucrats have announced the end of "social promotion" doesn't mean that it ever...
Nation, The, 03/06/00 by Ohanian, Susan · More from publication -
Goals 2000 : What's in a Name?
More than a decade after President Bush and the nation's governors adopted goals for education for the year 2000, Ms. Ohanian charges that it's...
Phi Delta Kappan, 01/01/00 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Standardized Schools.(standardized tests)(Brief Article)
Wielding high-stakes tests, a noisy alliance of politicians, corporate CEOs and media pundits seems intent on standardizing education,...
Nation, The, 10/18/99 by Ohanian, Susan · More from publication -
Some are more equal than others
The efforts toward educational reforms can be significantly improved if educators are kept up to date with good books. Books help enhance the...
Phi Delta Kappan, 02/01/97 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication -
Is that penguin stuffed or real?
Education should focus on the present instead of trying, often in vain, to prepare students for higher education. Two proposals for reform are...
Phi Delta Kappan, 12/01/96 by Susan Ohanian · More from publication
