CPS Students Protest 'The Death Of Public Education' Photo credit: Justin Carlson By Aaron Cynic | Originally Published at Chicagoist. November 4, 2013 A small group of Chicago Public Schools students marched from the Board of Education to City Hall on Friday to protest what they say [...]
A proposal under consideration by Michigan legislators would not allow students to be promoted to fourth grade if they are not proficient in reading. (MLive File photo) The literature is, was, and likely will long be available. There is "Evidence of Negative Outcomes of Retention." Studies consistently [...]
If it is true that color and creed do not matter in a democratic nation, why do we pay so much attention to the divide, diversity, and the demographics? Perhaps, the reason is what the data reveals. Our population is dissonant. Concurrently, the choir sings in harmony; [...]
Photograph; Tamara and Desiree live in one of Tulsa’s “poverty belts.” There are nine of these areas where more than 40% of the population is below the federal poverty line. By Mark R. Rank | Originally Published at The Great Divide. The New York Times. November 2, [...]
Graphic By Rally4Babies Words are wealth and wealth is words. The statement conjures up all sorts of connotations. We see pictures and think a thousand words. We see words and picture in our mind the scene these paint. But what about the number 15,000, what do you [...]
Students who fail FCAT [The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests] are threatened with removal or were. A "poorly written letter" only prompts people to ask, if the school is not selectively enrolling students why was a letter written at all. Charter School Retracts Letter That Threatens To Remove [...]
An inmate performs in a play at a public theatre in Lima, Peru. The theatre program is one of many prison activities popping up around the globe to help reduce overcrowding and rehabilitate prisoners. (Photo from Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil) As tots we were given time to grow. Everyone [...]
After the election, pundits will theorize as to why, but long before the vote several voters knew what remains obscure, Christie Or Buono: Who will be the real 'education governor'? The question is asked and answered over and over again. What remains unclear is why the information [...]
By Alan A. Aja, | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 30, 2013 5:06 PM Last week I asked my class of 30 plus first-year students a simple question in review for an upcoming mid-term: In what year did Mexican and U.S. authorities sign the Treaty of [...]
