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Should Mayor de Blasio Unravel Bloomberg’s Reforms?

Photograph; Mayor Bill de Blasio and his new schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, tour the Bronx School of Young Leaders. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Originally Published at The New York Times. January 15, 2014 One door closes and another opens. In every life change comes. We know [...]

Should Mayor de Blasio Unravel Bloomberg’s Reforms?2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Operators of Failed Wisconsin Voucher School Move to Florida

We at EmpathyEducates would like to thank Stop Special Needs Vouchers for putting it all together. The caution in context is instructive. We are aware of the need to learn from history. Within this treatise, there are lessons to be learned. Operators of Failed WI Voucher School [...]

Operators of Failed Wisconsin Voucher School Move to Florida2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Muscle Cramps, Evidence, and the Public Education Reform Debate

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 15, 2014 For almost thirty years, I have been a serious recreational and competitive cyclist. Despite my goals as a cyclist focusing primarily on endurance events—such as English centuries (100 miles) over mountain courses [...]

Muscle Cramps, Evidence, and the Public Education Reform Debate2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Martin Luther King Was a Revolutionary, Not Just a Dreamer

By Peniel E. Joseph | Originally Published at TheRoot| January 15, 2014 | The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Today, on what should have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 85th birthday, it’s time to reflect on his legacy and reimagine the significance [...]

Martin Luther King Was a Revolutionary, Not Just a Dreamer2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Turnarounds Face Challenges In Keeping Top Leaders In Place

In every child's life there is a parent and for most school age children, a Principal. Being either is significant. While styles may be different there is a need to be consistent. A child is more likely to stumble and fall if the ground beneath [...]

Turnarounds Face Challenges In Keeping Top Leaders In Place2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Newark Still Not Making Progress Serving Children With Disabilities

By | Originally Published at Education Justice. January 14, 2014 Nearly two years since the Newark Public Schools (NPS) agreed to a court-ordered Settlement to improve the delivery of special education services, the latest compliance report filed by NPS shows little progress in meeting deadlines for serving [...]

Newark Still Not Making Progress Serving Children With Disabilities2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

San Francisco and the Storm of Progress

Early one Saturday morning I found my landlady standing in front of our building, staring at the wall, with a bottle of bleach and a pair of rubber gloves. “What are you working on?” I asked, with a forced cheeriness that comes from being a little [...]

San Francisco and the Storm of Progress2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 14, 2014 At mid-nineteenth century, public schools were under attack by the Catholic church; Bishop John Hughes “described the public schools as a ‘dragon…devouring the hope of the country as well as religion’” (Jacoby, [...]

Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Americans With and Without Children Can Get Similar Life Satisfaction

Happy New Year! Happy Birthday! Happy Holidays! Happy. Happy. Happy. We say it proud. We sing it loud, Don't Worry Be Happy! Wherever you go, whatever you do, people wish you the best, and apparently that is happiness. But what is happiness and where do we [...]

Americans With and Without Children Can Get Similar Life Satisfaction2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00
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