By Heather Ann Thompson | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 6, 2014 5:59 am EDT | Juvenile Life Without Parole Photographic Credit; American Civil Liberties Union If 11-year-old Jordan Brown had yet had the opportunity in school to learn about the United Nations, it probably wouldn't [...]
Photograph; Prekindergartners at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans practice singing "Jingle Bell Rock" in preparation for their upcoming holiday show. | Christopher Powers/Education Week There are Miracles that never were and those that flourish unabated. Who could [...]
What do we teach our children when we do not know our history?Here’s Some History... By Blair L.M. Kelley | Originally Published at TheRoot. September 25, 2014 | Viola Davis stars in ABC’s new series How to Get Away With Murder. COURTESY OF ABC The pernicious nature [...]
By Brittney Pressley | Originally Published at LinkedIn September 25, 2014 | Children at play on Primrose Hill in acrylic, by Gudawer Kalirai. Let's face it, adult life is boring. Paying bills (check) Eating healthy to watch your aging figure (check) Going to a job you don't [...]
By Pedro Noguera | Originally Published at The Nation. September 24, 2014 | Photograph; Charter School student works to achieve. Charters were supposed to be laboratories for innovation. Instead, they are stunningly opaque. In several cities throughout the country, there is a fierce conflict raging over the [...]
We, the people, wish to right a wrong. Our Neighborhood High School Walter H Dyett High School is under siege. The School Board, Alderman Will Burns, and the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel have given us ample reason to believe we must save our children, save [...]
When the emphasis is kept on how it's good for business, early-childhood education is popular. Just don't call it childcare. By Rachel M. Cohen | Originally Published at The American Prospect. September 22, 2014 | (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez) In Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race, education has emerged [...]
What are we teaching our children? What do we want them to achieve or believe? By Brittney Pressley | Originally Published at LinkedIn. September 22, 2014 Okay, so it's not exactly an illusion but I believe that most of us have a misconception of what success really [...]
Photograph Source The Advocate By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. September 20, 2014 On Friday September 19, 2014 Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled "in favor" of Research on Reforms (ROR) citing that the Louisiana Department of Education was wrong in not releasing [...]
