Photograph; Credit Beth Fertig / SchoolBook By Allie Gross | Jacobin. July 28, 2014In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs” thrive. Jenay* crouches on the carpet, her spine curved into a lowercase “c” as she concentrates on the flimsy picture book in [...]
(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 [...]
A crowd of about 50 showed up for the charter board meeting. photo: Della Hasselle Introductory Essay By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., an Educator, a former John McDonogh School Principal and a New Orleans resident The failure of the corporate education reforms in New Orleans has been clearly [...]
By John Fitzgerald Gates, Ph.D. | Originally Published at Huffington Post Business. July 24, 2014 12:49 pm EDT It has been said, "diversity management is a racket." Regrettably, there is a great deal of truth in this statement. In fact, "diversity management" has become a thriving industry [...]
Parents and advocates gather at Newark City Hall after U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation into the city's school reorganization plan. By Peggy McGlone | Originally Published at New Jersey Dot Com. - The Star-Ledger. July 24, 2014 at 6:00 AM, updated July 24, [...]
It's hard to say exactly how many of Ellis Island's child migrants were unaccompanied, but a leading historian says they were in the several thousands. National Archives By Tasneem Raja | Originally Published at Mother Jones. July 18, 2014 6:00 AM EDT And no, we didn't just [...]
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: [...]
Hope Brinn and Mia Ferguson stand in front of a blackboard where they have written their complaints about sexual assaults at Swarthmore College (Credit: Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer) Years ago, while I do not recall how or why it happened I enrolled in classes. The intent was to [...]
By Black&Smart, AKAdemic | Originally Published at Black&Smart July 14, 2014 There have been those times when my White brothers and sisters have suggested that my perspective couldn’t possibly be right because some other Black people didn’t hold that same view. The idea that Black people have [...]
