A child buys tickets at the Halloween-Día de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. Photo by Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press By Robert Reich | Robert Reich. Monday, August 25, 2014 American kids [...]
Photograph; Arthur Ashe, an independent charter school in the state's Recovery School District, students prepare for LEAP exams. | Advocate staff photo By John McCusker Introductory Essay By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., an Educator, a former John McDonogh School Principal and a New Orleans resident For years the [...]
Photograph; Young men listen intently as President Barack Obama speaks about the "My Brother’s Keeper" initiative, at the Walker Jones Education Campus in Washington, Monday, July 21, 2014. | SOURCE: AP/J. Scott Applewhite By Signithia Fordham | Originally Published at Center For American Progress. August 6, 2014 [...]
(Photograph Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) By William A. Darity Jr., Alan A. Aja, , Darrick Hamilton | Originally Published at Huffington Post. July 28, 2014 5:04 PM Updated 5:59 PM EDT Earlier this month a divided Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the University of Texas' right [...]
You hear a lot nowadays about the magic of big data. Getting hold of the right numbers can increase revenue, improve decision-making, or help you find a mate—or so the thinking goes. In 2009, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a crowd of education researchers: [...]
The Limits of Reading Rainbow By Adrienne Raphel | Originally Published at The New Yorker. July 2, 2014 On May 28th, the people behind Reading Rainbow launched a Kickstarter campaign to “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere.” They gave themselves thirty-five days to [...]
Photograph; Members of the University of California, Merced, Class of 2009 listen as first lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech on May 16, 2009. | David Paul Morris/Getty Images By Erin C.J. Robertson | Originally Published at The Root. June 26, 2014 12:01 PM Six years [...]
By Michael Holzman, Guest Blogger and Presented By - Eric J. Cooper | Originally Published at Huffington Post. June 19, 2014 1:18 pm EDT Updated: June 19, 2014 5:59 am EDT In this piece, the author of the heralded Schott Foundation's report on African-American male achievement, weighs [...]
The data to support a dropout crisis among black students are being misreported and used to support stigmatizing tactics. By Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. | Originally Published at TheRoot. June 4 2014 3:00 AM | Photograph; Billboard in Prince George’s County, Md. (Ivory Toldson) In Bladensburg Road along [...]
