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Why To Change The Way We Talk About Education

By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. October 17, 2014 at 7:49 am | Illustration Credit; The Blind Elephant Collective Jessica Tobin Sometimes when you get enough people beating on the outside of a building, those sitting comfortably on the inside start to feel [...]

Why To Change The Way We Talk About Education2016-11-29T17:37:33-05:00

Shocking Report Explodes 5 Myths About American Education

By Les Leopold | Originally Published at AlterNet. September 30, 2014 We're number one? Hardly. A recent international report demolishes several deeply held myths about our educational system. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report, which compares the educational systems of over 30 developed [...]

Shocking Report Explodes 5 Myths About American Education2016-11-29T17:37:35-05:00

We Coddle Bad Cops, Vilify Good Teachers

We defer to cops even when they kill, and scapegoat schools for the ills America has given up on. This must change By Paul Rosenberg | Originally Published at Salon. September 10, 2014 | Matt Damon as Colin Sullivan in "The Departed" (Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Incorporated) [...]

We Coddle Bad Cops, Vilify Good Teachers2016-11-29T17:37:38-05:00

Our Practice, Our Selves

Photograph Credit; The Times Daily, Jim Hannon By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. September 9, 2014 In my undergraduate introductory education course, I read aloud the first or second class Sandra Cisneros’s “Eleven.” The central character is Rachel, and the setting [...]

Our Practice, Our Selves2016-11-29T17:37:38-05:00

The Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting Back

The Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting Back2016-11-29T17:37:38-05:00

Is Justice Near for New Orleans Teachers Wrongly Fired After Katrina?

A teacher appreciation week banner from August 2005 remained in the library at George Washington Carver High School when it was photographed 14 months later. (The Times-Picayune archive) By Sue Sturgis | Originally Published at Facing South. August 27, 2014 3:18 PM When Hurricane Katrina struck the [...]

Is Justice Near for New Orleans Teachers Wrongly Fired After Katrina?2016-11-29T17:37:41-05:00

Why Charter Schools Have High Teacher Turnover

Opportunity Charter School, with 44 percent teacher attrition in 2011-12, actually saw lower turnover than 18 other city charter schools—at least according to state data, which some schools dispute. | Photographic Credit; di Talwar/City Limits By Helen Zelon | Originally Published at City Limits. Wednesday, August 20, [...]

Why Charter Schools Have High Teacher Turnover2016-11-29T17:37:43-05:00

When the Whole Classroom Is White—Except for the Professor

By Liana Silva-Ford | Originally Chronicle Vitae. August 12, 2014 In May the Center for American Progress released a report on diversity in K-12 classrooms across the United States. According to the study, the racial and ethnic makeup of public schools just isn’t reflected in the teachers [...]

When the Whole Classroom Is White—Except for the Professor2016-11-29T17:37:46-05:00

Are (Black) Female Academics Ignored?

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 [...]

Are (Black) Female Academics Ignored?2016-11-29T17:37:47-05:00
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