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Project: Design Your Dream Job and We'll Help Make It Happen

Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, offers advice on finding your dream job. Tell us about yours, and we'll help make it happen.

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Teach For America's Model: Does It Need to Change?

A new petition says a five-week teacher training model does a disservice to children of color. Does the organization need to change more than that?

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In Honor of Dr. King: Let's Solve the Worst Crisis Facing Black Children Since Slavery

Eighty-five percent of black fourth graders can't read at grade level. In honor of Dr. King, step up and be a part of the solution.

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Geoffrey Canada Tells Stephen Colbert Racism Has Nothing to Do with the Achievement Gap

The Waiting for Superman star says teachers unions are to blame for everything wrong in public education.

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Q&A: Diane Ravitch Skewers Every Education Reform Sacred Cow

In part two of a two-part conversation, Diane Ravitch upends many commonly held assumptions about education reform.

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Q&A: Diane Ravitch Skewers Every Education Reform Sacred Cow (PART ONE)

In part one of a two-part conversation, Diane Ravitch upends many commonly held assumptions about education reform.

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Geoffrey Canada to Headline Chicago Education Summit

Can Geoffrey Canada's education-reform blueprint transform public school in Chicago?

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Waiting for Superman a "Mishmash of Contradictions"

Waiting for Superman is a mishmash of contradictions and unsupportable generalizations-even half-truths. Still, I urge you to see it.

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The Lottery: Leaving a Good Education to Chance

On the short list of people that have an idea and actually follow through on it, meet Madeleine Sackler, a 27-year-old former freelance...

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Celebrating (and Debating) the Success of the Harlem Children's Zone

On Sunday night's 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper picked up an Ed Bradley story from 2006 to assess how well Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone...