Interview by Net Geners in Germany

I was interviewed by 2 Net Geners for Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, one of Germany’s largest circulation dailies. I enjoyed the interview and below is a pretty good translation. The original can be found: http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/488882 “For...

Obama encourages students to persevere

President Barack Obama stuck to the script almost word-for-word in his address to schoolchildren across the nation earlier this month. Critics of the speech complained that Obama would try to indoctrinate schoolchildren with his “socialist ideology.”  Some said they...

Creating an environment for student excellence

In a speech during the summer to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, President Barack Obama cited a Manhattan high school, Bard High School Early College, as one example of the type of innovation in education that should be encouraged...