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Can computers replace teachers?
Education contributor, Steve Perry speaks to CNN's American Morning on the benefits of online classes.
New NAACP report blasts prison spending
The NAACP thinks U.S. spending on prison is hurting out education system. NAACP President, Ben Jealous and the president of Americans for tax reform, Grover Norquist tell CNN's American Morning too much is spent incarceration, with little positive results, and not enough on preventing crime.
Should college athletes get paid?
You’ll see it tonight in the stands at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Thousands of fans spending money to watch college athletes play ball and wearing t-shirts with the athletes’ numbers and names on their backs. With so much money to be made in college sports should the stars of the programs, the actual student athletes, get paid for their success?
“Absolutely,” they should get paid, CNN education contributor Steve Perry tells AM’s Christine Romans on today’s American Morning. College athletes earn about $120,000 a year if you factor in training, medical help and tutoring, but Perry says that is not enough. He explains why athletes should at least be able to earn money off their own images through endorsements.
Remember the Ohio State football players suspended in December for selling memorabilia from their winning games? What do you think, should colleges pay their athletes?
Parents picket girl with peanut allergy, ask her to withdraw from school
A student at Edgewater Elementary School in Volusia County, Florida is being asked to withdraw from the school by her classmates' parents.
The student has a life-threatening peanut allergy and, as a result, her classmates are asked to make accommodations to ensure her safety. Some parents of children at the school say the extra steps their children are taking to ensure the girl's health, such as washing their hands or rinsing out their mouths, are taking away from their own children's learning. Meanwhile, the school is standing by its decision to make accommodations for the student.
Do your kids have allergies? What's your take on the situation?
Jason Carroll reports on the controversy in Florida.
Dr. Scott Sicherer, Professor of Pediatrics at Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center, talks to Kiran Chetry about how to handle food allergies.
Perry's Principles: Parents opt out of standardized tests
It's the time of the year when elementary school students across the country are taking standardized tests. But, parents of nine students at Park Forest Elementary in State College, PA are opting out of the testing for their children.
The parents say the testing is too stressful and found a loophole in the state's rules that allowed them to opt out.
CNN Education Contributor Steve Perry talks to Christine Romans about the parents' decision.
Rhee: U.S. needs to recognize, reward best teachers
Currently, American students come in 15th in reading, 19th in science and 27th in math compared to other countries such as Finland, Korea and Singapore where high-performing college graduates are hired for teaching positions and provided with support from mentors to increase their skill in the classroom.
Michelle Rhee Founder of the grass roots movement Students First and former Washington, DC Schools Chancellor discusses her organizations efforts in Florida to reform the education bill and what steps we should be taking to save our teachers.
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