LANCASTER, Pa. -- Teenage girls in ponytails and boys in long athletic shorts dash across the gym at Abraham Lincoln Middle School, pausing their game of indoor tennis to motion "Y-M-C-A" with their arms as the Village People's song blares from the loudspeaker. It's a scene happening less frequently these days. Budget cuts and teacher layoffs have forced the school to cut some PE classes, reduce library hours and eliminate small literacy classes for problem readers and Spanish for sixth- and seventh-graders. BLOG POSTS | Randy Turner: No Child Left Behind Plan Doomed to Failure If education is failing in the United States, it is doing so because of the wounds being inflicted upon it by our elected officials and educational bureaucrats. The only way to see our children's lives improve is to remember that the public schools are not the problem. | | Eric D. Isaacs: Educating America About Clean Energy If we can succeed in bringing comprehensive -- and inspiring -- clean energy education to every student in America, the result will be a stronger, more prosperous, and safer nation, for generations to come. | | Tom Vander Ark: Tertiary Education in the U.S. Is Broken The old formula -- get a degree, get a good job, have a good life -- is breaking down. More people are attempting degree programs but many of them didn't receive adequate preparation in high school. | | Elizabeth Gregory: The Real No-Brainer Even the best elementary ed is bound to fail kids who enter kindergarten completely unprepared. A good, affordable childcare system would provide the educational fix, and such childcare is also a jobs engine. | | Larry Magid: Technology Doesn't Cause Bullying and -- Despite Claims -- It Can't Prevent It Combating bullying, hatred, bigotry and cruelty is more than just suppressing mean speech, it's also helping people think differently about others. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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