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The Eggplant   Search The Eggplant in the collection   Is Kindergarten Fiction Killing US Global Economy Competitiveness? by Susan Ohanian Mother Jones has a great environmental Doom Generator: Does Costco Destroy Baby Manatees? Click on a button and a new gloom and doom headline appears: Is your Gmail Account Killing the Planet? Does Biting Your Nails Threaten the Siberian Tigers? Are Organic Cupcakes Decimating the Hemp Supply? And so on. We need to generate our own Education Reform doom generating headlines: Is Kindergarten Fiction Killing US Global Economy Competitiveness? But some of the Mother Jones headlines that pop up link to real stories: Is Your Favorite Organic Egg Brand a Factory Farm in Disguise? This could add to the fun. . . except suddenly it isn't funny any more. Pick the real from the not-yet-real: Is Kindergarten Fiction Killing US Global Economy Competitiveness? Do the Caldecott Awards Encourage Global Economy Mediocrity? Will a National Teacher Exam Improve the US Balance of Trade? Are School Lunches Draining Kids' Entrepreneurial Drive? Did David Coleman Just Cause Your Kid's Brain to Dissolve? Will the Lack of National Curriculum Standards Result in the Destruction of the Florida Everglades and IBM? Is Illiteracy an Effective Welfare Strategy? Will Replacing Chairs with Stability Balls Cure Asthma and Increase NAEP Scores? Will Digital Technology Kill Your Fourth Grader? — Susan Ohanian 2012-12-10 INDEX OF THE EGGPLANT

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