Photograph: James P. Steyer, the chief of Common Sense Media. The pundits, the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue States: red states for Republicans, blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God [...]
Originally Published at Education Votes. October 11, 2013 The National Education Association (NEA), which represents 3 million educators nationwide, will launch ads on television and online asking members of Congress to stop playing games and get its priorities straight. The spot,”Not a Game,” will air in the [...]
By Joy Resmovits | Originally Published at The Huffington Post. October 11, 2013 Ten high-profile civil rights leaders are pressuring Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) to intervene in the sorry state of school funding in Philadelphia. The national and local leaders -- including the NAACP's Ben Jealous [...]
In America, in respect to education there are as many questions as there are answers. There are as many problems as there are solutions, perhaps more. Indeed, the abundance of problems may be best understood through the numbers of solutions. The two are the same, humans. Humans [...]
Photograph: Kindergarten gets as tough with multiple choice tests Kindergarteners are having a tough time with standardized math tests. Originally Published at New York Daily News. October 10, 2013 Goodbye Play-Doh, hello No. 2 pencils. Because of a tough new curriculum and teacher evaluations, 4- and 5-year-olds [...]
Illustration by Brian Stauffer By Alex Morris | Originally Published at Rolling Stone. October 10, 2013 Private Christian schools are exploiting local laws to raise money while expelling kids for the crime of being not straight A strange thing happened to Tristan at the end of [...]
Gentrification is the predominant form of neighborhood development in many cities. | Photograph: Bill Cooper By David Madden | Originally Published at Guardian. Thursday 10 October 2013 07.30 EDT It's no secret that today's big cities are massively unequal, and gentrification is now the predominant form of [...]
Photograph: John Arnold, a former hedge fund manager who retired last year at 38, and his wife, Laura, expressed frustration with Washington. Might we consider the source, the need, the meaning, or all of these? Read. Reflect. Do your research. Respond if you choose. By John Schwartz [...]
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