By Bree Ervin @thinkbanned | Originally Published at Think Banned Thoughts. August 7, 2014 · 1:09 PM | Photograph Source YWCA/ Just a quickie before I dash out the door - I’m on my way to an interview that has me thinking about violence – a [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. August 6, 2014 The New York Times headline suggests we are finally poised to read a positive story about education: A Summer of Extra Reading and Hope for Fourth Grade. But education reporter Motoko Rich’s [...]
By Laurie Levy | AlterNet. August 6, 2014 Kindergarten was once about play and experimentation. Why can't it be that way again? My grandson, like millions of other five- and six-year-olds across the country, is about to start his formal education in kindergarten. Like most kids, he’s [...]
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 [...]
Graphic; Respect Existence or Expect Resistance by AngertAesthetics By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. August 5, 2014 Teachers at every level of schooling have struggled against two powerful social claims: (i) education has always been labeled a failure by political leaders [...]
Do our school children get enough sleep? Do they get enough to eat? Are they ready for days of stringent testing? By the time our children arrive at school they are tired and weary. Their eyes are teary. In every moment of their young lives they live [...]
By Paul Buchheit | AlterNet. August 3, 2014 Any thinking person should be able to recognize the hardships of poor families. Three-quarters of conservative Americans say poor people have it easy. The degree of ignorance about poverty is stunning, even for people far removed from the [...]
You likely heard the stories. You've seen it in the papers. Oprah too sang the praises. In New Orleans, we have witnessed a Miracle. Finally the city is able to provide an excellent education. Yes, the skies opened up. The rains fell. The area was flooded. And [...]
By Rebecca Klein Huffington Post. July 30, 2014 Updated: 6:59 PM EDT A new study offers more evidence that segregated schooling is bad for students. The study, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, used previously compiled data from the Department of Education to track how [...]
