Prof. Jim Alouf, Sweet Briar College, talks about the strengths and weaknesses in America’s education system. Alouf believes the No Child Left Behind act should be scrapped and explains his reasoning. He says that government policy should move away from enforcement of unfunded mandates and privatization toward adequate funding for public schools.

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Dr. Carlos Barroso, Saint Andrew’s School, says education in America will only get better if we succeed in preparing our students for global markets and rapidly changing environments. As director of marketing and communications at Saint Andrew’s, Barroso talks about the future of education from the private school perspective.

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Prof. John Hanes, Regent University School of Education, discusses the state of education and how the American education system compares to other countries. He also talks about technology in education and says the future may require the field of education to re-think the nature of the knowledge and skills that we teach.

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Mike Hoyt, executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review at Columbia University, talks about the differences and similarities between traditional journalism and future journalism and the skills needed for the future. He also discusses citizen journalism, bias, and offers advice for future journalists.

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Susan Cooper, educator, author and member of Applied Scholastic International talks about the state of education in America. Cooper says that because commerce drives education, technology is necessary in the classroom. She also says that she does not believe the No Child Left Behind act has addressed some of the classroom problems it was created to address and offers suggestions to solve that problem.

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There's a fascinating interview in washingtonpost.com with David Carr, the media and culture writer for the New York Times.

Carr mentions that "I’m at a newspaper where there is ivy growing all over these desks" ... meaning the Ivy League background of his colleagues.

He's different ... so different that in River Falls, Wis., where he was attending a satellite campus of the University of Wisconsin, "I was working at a nursing home, which was oddly a job I liked a lot. I was an orderly there. I know people think about it as being horrible. I liked it. I felt like I was doing something useful and I felt like I was good at it. It helped me sort of... I worked with 12 women every night. I was the only male there, I think."

Carr eventually graduated from the University of Minnesota ... and I can't help but think that he brings a deeper perspective to his columns than do the Harvard/Yale/Princeton types who surround him.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Dr. Matthew G. Kenney, online educator and president of Kenney College, discusses education in America and why he believes that as a society, we need to get more kids in college and keep them there. He also says that tuition should not be seen as a cost, but instead it should be seen as an investment. He explains why he believes his online graduate school, Kenney College, is changing the face of entrepreneurial education globally.

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In case you missed it, there was a terrific article in the Wall Street Journal on social media in dictatorships by Evgeny Morozov, a fellow at Georgetown University.

He said many wishful thinkers believe that if a repressed nation just has Twitter among its inhabitants, democratization will follow. But Morozov points out that evil regimes can use social media to squash freedom and organize their own forces, and that these same social media with the endless squabbling of the participants can divide movements as easily as unify them.

Trevor Butterworth made the same point in a previous article on our site and now Morozov adds to the discussion brilliantly ... in fact, he's coming out with a book on the Internet and democracy.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

We have created a Future Journalist resource center, under our University Partnership Program. The page provides information on tools, advice, expert interviews, etc, geared towards young journalists. Under the UPP we provide journalism and communications professors free web, technology, and research help.

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Bill Handy, visiting professor at Oklahoma State University, discusses how although the future journalist must use new tools and acquire new media skills to survive, many aspects of journalism have remained unchanged. He talks about the new culture of web communications and also comments on the breakdown of the PR – Reporter relationship.

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Bleacher Report, which calls itself "the Web's largest sports network powered by citizen sportswriters," made a big breakthrough for itself on Feb. 23 ... and the citizen journalism movement generally.

The company announced it was beginning a partnership with Hearst to introduce local online editions in the newspaper publisher's four largest markets ... the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate, the Houston's Chronicle's Chron.com, the San Antonio Express-News' MySanAntonio.com, and Seattlepi.com.

The quality of the many sports bloggers I've seen ranges from abysmal to mundane, with very few exceptions, but I don't think that will stop this from being a success. Bleacher Report is bringing in the coveted young and middle-aged male demographic that is vocal and passionate about sports, and these guys are also willing buyers of products from the advertisers who'll be lured to the sites.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.