Even those of us who aren't religious tend to rely on some notion of a soul.' Illustration: John Holcroft for the Guardian. Click on picture for full frame Are they both essentially the same thing, asks Oliver Burkeman By Oliver Burkeman | Originally Published at [...]
Photograph; AP/Getty Images By Noam Chomsky | Originally Published at In These Times. April 4, 2012 One of America’s greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace. Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, student protests have [...]
Photograph; The wooden paddle sits on the principal's desk at Sneads High School in Jackson County, Florida. In 2009, Florida embraced a rigorous policy – Corporal punishment is good; it keeps young children in school and far from the juvenile justice system. "This legislation [SB 1540 pdf] [...]
Photograph; Q99.info By Liz Dwyer | Originally Published at Good. February 29, 2012 In a bold comparative analysis of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Jada Williams, a 13-year old eighth grader at School #3 in Rochester, New York, asserted that in her experience, today's [...]
How we remember the history of school segregation can be a mystery. What we do and have done to change our history – that is the greater mystery. By Christopher Bonastia| Originally Published at Huffington Post Black Voices. January 11, 2012 When I tell people here in [...]
By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Our Future. January 6, 2012 I remember the day that the poor kids showed up at our school. It was in 1964. Classes had already started, and I was in second grade, surrounded by my familiar friends from my mostly [...]
Often we know well what is. We experience the trials and tribulations that today, we call education reform. But how did we get here? What was it that occurred? Let us look at our history.Los Angeles: The Proving Ground of Education Reform By Catherine Cloutier | Originally [...]
By Catherine Cloutier | Originally Published at News 21. USC Annenberg. School of Communication and Journalism | Interact with the Shadow Secretaries of Education Click for Interactive Image When Microsoft magnate Bill Gates decided a decade ago that the “solution” to what he [...]
By Lee Fang | Originally Published at The Nation. November 16, 2011Under the banner of high-tech progress, corporate lobbyists have rammed through legislation privatizing K-12 education across the country. This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. If the national movement [...]
