Will Education be a Major Issue in '08?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/07/05/On_Education Panelists William Gates Sr., Tommy Thompson and Margaret Spellings discuss the importance of education as a policy issue in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion on the current state of U.S. education, recorded at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festiva... Read more
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- -: Will Education be a Major Issue in '08?
October 16, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/07/05/On_Education Panelists William Gates Sr., Tommy Thompson and Margaret Spellings discuss the importance of education as a policy issue in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion on the current state of U.S. e...
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- -: Do We Need More Accountability From Our Teachers?
January 30, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/17/Koret_Task_Force_on_No_Child_Left_Behind Hoover Institution fellows Terry Moe and Herbert Walberg discuss ongoing opposition to President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. ----- The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education discusses the No Child Left Behin...
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- -: Dan Ariely - Finding Cheating's "Comfort Level"
March 25, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/04/Dan_Ariely_Predictably_Irrational MIT Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely identifies a psychological "comfort level" for cheating. ----- Dan Airely talks about "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions." Why do our headaches p...
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- -: Does Affirmative Action Stigmatize Students? - Julian Bond and Dalton Conley
April 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/16/Race_vs_Class_The_Future_of_Affirmative_Action Julian Bond, NAACP Chairman, debates Dalton Conley, NYU Dean of Social Sciences, about the psychological harm of affirmative action. Conley argues that all unequal admissions such as legacy, donor, and at...
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- -: Evaluating No Child Left Behind - Wendy Kopp
June 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Eliminating_Education_Inequality_Wendy_Kopp Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp reflects on the failures and successes of former President Bush's program No Child Left Behind. She attributes some of the programs's failings to "a lack of commitment at...
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- -: Education Worse Since Desegregation? - Marian Wright Edelman
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/01/Marian_Wright_Edelman_The_Cradle_to_Prison_Pipeline Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder of the Children's Defense Fund, contends that, in some ways, the American education system is worse now than it was when it was segregated. "We were not a...
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