· Educational attainment: American Factfinder http://www.census.gov.
· Heymann, J., A. Earle, S. Simmons, S. Breslow, and A. Kuehnhoff. 2004. The work, family, and equity index: Where does the United States stand globally? Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health. Available at: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/globalworkingfamilies/.
· Peterson, K. 2005. School Vouchers Slow to Spread (May 5, 2005), http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=29789.
· Waldfogel, J. (2004). Social mobility, life chances, and the early years http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/CP/CASEPaper88.pdf.
· Teaser from 406 Luck Be a Lady. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMKNXMFxJ4.
· John Stossel: 20/20 Stupid in America. “20-20 investigation by John Stossel entitled "Stupid in America" highlighting some of the flaws with the education system in the United States. The story started out when identical tests were given to high school students in New Jersey and in Belgium. The Belgian kids cleaned the American kids' clocks. The Belgian kids called the American students "stupid", which gave the piece its name” (40:45 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA.
· Senator Schmitz on academic benefits of quality preschool. “Iowa Senator Becky Schmitz of Fairfield discusses the academic benefits children gain by attending a high quality preschool, and an existing project by a school in her district” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4PUSKidl0.
· Benefit to business of high quality preschool. “Iowa Senate Heckroth discusses the benefits to Iowa's small business climate of increasing the access of Iowa families to high quality preschools” (9:10 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZdqA7Vj4E.
· Introduction to school choice. “An introduction to school choice featuring John Stossel” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSHzuNUmGLw.
· School Choice Speaker John Stossel ABC Correspondent Texas For Vouchers For Texas School Children. Protest Ferbuary 7th 2007, (7:19 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrZZebSo0e8.
“No Child Left Behind” Controversy
· Bush Delivers Remarks to Catholic Educational Association. “Rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) is a professional membership organization that provides leadership, direction and service to fulfill the evangelizing, catechizing and teaching mission of the Church” (18:49 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-MFg5H_QZs.
· "No Child Left Behind" - Bill Richardson. “Gov. Bill Richardson discusses the flaws in "No Child Left Behind," and how the program must be scrapped at the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential Debate.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWOcvRVyTVQ
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John Edwards: No Child Left
Behind. No Child Left Behind at the NEA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 7/2/07 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxXbLD57SWY.
(Video is not the best.)
Part II (8:26 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuUwItwPCvA.
· Katie Couric's Notebook: “Standardized Tests (CBS News) The No Child Left Behind Act is up for renewal this year, so Katie Couric wonders whether standardized tests truly measure how kids do in school and life” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKFUoxGLiiQ.
· Teachers of the Year: “After meeting at the White House to celebrate their selections as Teachers of the Year, 50 of the educators called for major changes to the so-called No Child Left Behind law as it heads for debate in Congress” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqTJvpfv6J4.
· Barack Obama at the NEA Convention. No Child Left Behind has become "one of the emptiest slogans in the history of American politics," Illinois Sen. Barack Obama said Monday to a crowd of more than 9,000 at the National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGow8ut5_34.
· Hilary Clinton at the NEA Convention. “Education policy decisions based on evidence, not the "test, test, test" of No Child Left Behind is the way to reform schools, Sen. Hillary Clinton said Monday to loud applause from the 86th NEA Representative Assembly” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_gEJ9JewW0.
· Book Summary: “Freakonomics Part 1” by Steven D. Levitt (9:30 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0CoI3Ohptg. The last part of the tape refers to Teacher cheating scandal in Chicago. Part 2 finishes teacher cheating, and addresses honesty and social incentives to be honesty. (9:30 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5dcGCTyzsw&NR=1. The last half of part 3 looks at children’s test scores (4:51 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ZGlWZ1LbY&mode=related&search=.