By David Sirota | Originally Published at Salon. November 7, 2013 The right loves to demonize unions, but economic factors are much more important to success in the classroom Google the phrase “education crisis” and you’ll be hit with a glut of articles, blog posts and think [...]
Have you ever been in front of an active teen or tween, a twenty or thirty something who is connected [in cyberspace], but disconnected? Perhaps it is your partner, a person in his/her forties, fifties or sixties? He or she sits with you in a restaurant or [...]
Illustration; By Bob Dahm Commentary By Karran Harper Royal | Originally Published at Education Week. | November 6, 2013 For years, as a resident of New Orleans, I was a super-involved parent, engaged in everything from the proverbial bake sale to serving on the school improvement committee. [...]
Graphic; Report on A New-Majority Low-Income Students By David Sirota | Originally Published at In These Times In These Times. November 8, 2013 Google the phrase “education crisis” and you'll be hit with a glut of articles, blog posts and think tank reports claiming the entire American [...]
It is 4:30 AM. The morning frost has not yet begun to melt. She shivers. It is freezing cold outside; twenty-nine degrees in the sun were it out. In her home the temperature is not much better. Sandra cannot afford to turn on the heat. She scurries [...]
On election night, 2013 the headlines rang out what appears to be a regrettable truth; the people no longer support our schools. Voters Soundly Defeat Columbus School Levy Could it be that we turned a tide? For taxpayers, does money now mean more than the education of [...]
U.S. Education Department Announces First-of-Its Kind Resolution of Virtual Charter School Civil Rights Investigation Originally Published at United States Department of Education. November 6, 2013 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into [...]
By George Joseph | Originally Published at Columbia Spectator. November 5, 11:52pm In a recent op-ed for the Harvard Crimson, Sandra Korn asked fellow students to reconsider Teach For America and question its pernicious effects on the public school system. Korn’s main concerns include TFA’s ties to [...]
Photograph; Alice Terry Elementary School in Colorado. In the United States, more than half the money for school districts comes from local sources, mostly from property taxes. By Eduardo Porter | Originally Published at The New York Times. November 5, 2013 “There aren’t many things that are [...]
