In Her Own Words; Student Jada Williams Connects Frederick Douglass Narrative to Today’s Education System
Jada Williams, a 13-year-old student at Rochester's School No. 3, did as all students are asked to do, she diligently approached an additional, optional assignment. She read the RocRead-assigned book, The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass. Jada reflected. Then she [...]
A Need to Return to Conscience and Consciousness in Art Education
By Jerome Hausman Download your electronic version now! The MAGNITUDE of the challenges confronting us requires responses that are revolutionary—a paradigm shift! Often we find ourselves speaking of “change,” “growth,” or “development” as shifting scenarios in our lives. Things do happen in the course [...]
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly won in [...]
Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Education Advocate
Nancy Carlsson Paige Nancy Carlsson Paige is Professor Emerita at Lesley University where she taught teachers for more than 30 years and was a founder of the University's Center for Peaceable Schools. Nancy has written and spoken extensively about the impact of media [...]
Transforming Education Systems Alliance (TESA)
Transforming Education Systems Alliance (TESA) is a national movement-building alliance designed to spur and catalyze work across each of the U.S. education field’s ten subsectors toward a vision of healthy, nurturing, rigorous educational systems. Such systems support youth and adults to contribute to the well-being of all [...]
When Students Repeat Grade or are Transferred Out of School
Retention or Transfer? What does it mean for education systems? High rates of grade repetition can be costly for countries. In countries where more students repeat grades, overall performance tends to be lower and social background has a stronger impact on learning outcomes [...]
Education and Irrationality
Dan Ariely challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal…is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick. I hope to lead you there by presenting a wide range of scientific [...]
Participatory Action Research Center for Education Organizing (PARCEO)
Participatory Action Research Center for Education Organizing (PARCEO) was created in 2011 as a PAR-based education, research, and training center. PARCEO’s work grows out of a commitment to being a resource and support for groups and individuals interested in integrating or strengthening PAR into their organizing and [...]