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Here are recent news pieces about Susan B. Neuman.
Department Hosts Mega-Event on Educational Technologies and Student Learning
5/7/2009
ED.gov
Research, programs and products for early childhood reading and literacy highlighted
Has NCLB Improved Teacher Quality?
5/7/2009
TC.Columbia.edu
Despite spending nearly $2 billion to help states comply with the mandate of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law that every student have a “highly qualified teacher,” the federal government has made little progress in substantially improving teacher quality, according to a former high-ranking education official in the Bush Administration.
Content, Code and Comprehensive Language= Early Literacy Development 2/2/2009 2:23:55 PM
HuffingtonPost.com
After years in the making, the National Institute for Literacy at last issued its report from the National Early...
No Child Left Behind Redux 1/12/2009 2:52:36 PM
HuffingtonPost.com
New York City School Superintendent Joel Klein and Al Sharpton, a curious coupling to be sure, argue in their 1/1/2/09 Op-ed piece...
Arne Duncan -- A Wise Choice; A Critical Time 12/18/2008 5:13:24 AM
HuffingtonPost.com
Duncan has a track-record of educational reform successes and he'll use whatever it takes -- innovative charters, teacher reforms, early childhood programs--to ensure higher achievement.
Brain Differences Between Poor and Rich Kids 12/10/2008 4:19:19 PM
HuffingtonPost.com
This study emphasizes the devastating effects of poverty on children's achievement, but we must be wary about its conclusions.
Serving in D.C.: Been There, Done That 12/5/2008 5:15:53 PM
HuffingtonPost.com
There is something to be said about hindsight. Those clamoring for jobs with the Obama Administration...
Right Problem; Wrong Solution 12/2/2008 11:34:06 AM
HuffingtonPost.com
The effort to create an overarching federal policy in education is where No Child Left Behind has gone so wrong.
Former Top U.S. Education Department Official Examines 'Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty'
WASHINGTON, D.C.-In her new book, "Changing the Odds for Children at Risk," Dr. Susan Neuman, professor at the University of Michigan School of Education writes, "We need to recast our priorities, to fund programs that have solid evidence of results-programs that stake their reputation on their abilities to exponentially improve the performance of at-risk children."
Click here for the Press Release about this new book.
(NeumanPR10-14-08.pdf)
Wall Street Journal article 12/03/08
Former Top U.S. Education Department Official's New Book Examines 'Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty'
Ann Arbor News Article 6/28/08
Detroit Free Press Article 7/21/08
(080721DetroitFreePress.pdf)