Teach for America is drawing criticism from some education policy observers who say its training for new recruits is rushed and incomplete. The organization, however, vigorously defends its record. Host Michel Martin speaks with Heather Harding of Teach for America about the program’s challenges and its future.
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/11/154761301/in-defense-of-teach-for-america?ft=1&f=1013
Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch explains why she was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools â and what changed her mind.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135142895/ravitch-standardized-testing-undermines-teaching?ft=1&f=1013
Kurt finds out about a new edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that gets rid of the "n-word" once and for all. The actor Matt Damon and the director Sofia Coppola share their takes on Hollywood stardom. And Detroit’s decaying buildings have turned it into the capital of a new photographic genre called "ruin porn."
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RiShawn Biddle discusses what steps must be taken to re-imagine teaching as more than a flat career.
http://dropoutnation.net/2011/01/21/dropout-nation-podcast-re-imagine-teaching-profession/