Fourteen students, along with staffer Joe Ballard, are headed to New Orleans today for the Clinton Global Initiative University at Tulane. We wish Lukman Arsalan, Carly Benkov, Molly Brunkow, Lindsey Clark, Emily English, Jose Guzzardi, Amanda Harris, Sara Himelfarb, J.D. Lowery, James Mitchell, Jonathan Mwaba, Hunter Riley, Tina Dan and Loan Truong Vu a good and safe trip.
Read MoreThe Promise, Failure of No Child Left Behind
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law with great fanfare. NCLB called for new standards in math, reading, language and science. States were responsible for testing students in elementary, middle and high school to make sure that all students, regardless of background, were meeting these standards.
Read MoreSnow Day
The Clinton School was closed Friday because of the snow, and some of our students took advantage of the winter weather by building a snowman in MacArthur Park. The building in the background below is where World War II General Douglas MacArthur was born
Read MoreThey Represented Us Well
Clinton School students Sarah Argue, Sanford Johnson, Geoff Kearney and J.D. Lowery made impressive showings Saturday at the meeting where Arkansas delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. While none of our students were elected, all did great jobs and represented themselves and the Clinton School with distinction.
Read MoreFixing No Child Left Behind
Clinton School assistant professor Keith Nitta is teaching an education policy seminar this semester and asked his students to write position papers on how to fix No Child Left Behind. Over the next few days, we’ll be posting the top five papers from Keith’s students.
Read MoreStudent Profiled in Hometown Paper
Clinton School student and Marion, Ohio, native Lindsey Clark, a frequent contributor to this blog, was profiled Saturday in her hometown newspaper, The Marion Star. The paper interviewed Lindsey as her former high school preps for a campaign visit from former President Bill Clinton, our school’s namesake. Ohio is the center of attention heading into the March 4 Democratic Primary.
Read MoreThe Devil is in the Details
As a native Ohioan, I have been paying particularly close to the March 4 primary in the Buckeye State and paying even closer attention to what Senators Clinton and Obama have been saying. And so more than 11 million other Ohioans.
Read MoreClinton Global Initiative University
A number of our students will travel to Tulane University in New Orleans in a few weeks to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U.), an extension of President Clinton’s yearly Global Initiative in New York that has spawned major commitments to fight global poverty, climate change and disease.
Read MoreAfter the Debate
Following the debate, representatives of each campaign gathered in the “spin room” to give their impressions of the night’s proceedings.
Read MoreArizona Not New York
Barack Obama has continually avoided negatively engaging Hillary Clinton throughout tonight’s debate. Instead, Senator Obama pointed out that Democrats must avoid the temptation to tear each other down. Obama was willing, however, to criticize Arizona Senator John McCain’s alleged desire to simply continue the policies of the Bush Administration. Obama’s attack on McCain was met with warm applause by the audience.
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