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How Baby Boomers Ruined Parenting Forever

By Sarah Kendzior | Originally Published at Quartz. November 12, 2014 | Photographic Credit; Most families are just trying to get by. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) About 25 years ago, when the era of irrational exuberance allowed enough disposable income for irrational anxiety, the concept of “helicopter parenting” [...]

How Baby Boomers Ruined Parenting Forever2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

Stop Blaming Poor Parents for Their Children’s Vocabulary

By Paul Thomas | Originally Published at The Conversation. November 10, 2014 | He’s been reading for months already. Mother and child via Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock While the reading wars in education have raged for decades, most people agree that literacy is crucial for children and that the [...]

Stop Blaming Poor Parents for Their Children’s Vocabulary2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

Karma, Tested by the Universe, or The Day I Did Not Kill My Dog

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. November 6, 2014 This past summer we had to put down both our dear chocolate lab Hershey and one month later our black lab Scout (named by her breeder after the To Kill A Mockingbird [...]

Karma, Tested by the Universe, or The Day I Did Not Kill My Dog2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

“He Has Aspergers” and Everything Else I Never Wanted To Hear About My Son

Do you hear that? Come closer. That’s the sound of my heart breaking. My son has always loved the ocean. His eyes are the color of the sea, changing from blue to green with the swell of the tide. And my love for him is [...]

“He Has Aspergers” and Everything Else I Never Wanted To Hear About My Son2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

Andrew Cuomo Will Be Reelected and Public Education Will Suffer Because of It

It Happened… Andrew Cuomo Was Re-elected New York Governor, but Loses Clout. Might his stance on public education be at issue? By Kevin Solari | Originally Published at Working In These Times.November 3, 2014 6:03 PM | New York's incumbent governor will likely sail to a reelection [...]

Andrew Cuomo Will Be Reelected and Public Education Will Suffer Because of It2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

What Hollaback’s Viral Video, George Zimmerman’s Trial, and Twilight Have in Common

By Kimberly B. George | Originally Published at and a special to NewBlackMan (in Exile) November 3, 2014 By now you, like 27 million people, have probably seen the video: a woman walking around for 10 hours in New York. It’s a deeply painful video to watch—painful [...]

What Hollaback’s Viral Video, George Zimmerman’s Trial, and Twilight Have in Common2016-11-29T17:37:31-05:00

Enough Talk About Grit; It’s Time to Talk About Privilege

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D | Originally Published at AlterNet. November 3, 2014 Lessons that promote 'effort' as a mask for privilege do far more harm to our students than good. When it comes to academic success, what matters most: effort – or something altogether different? [...]

Enough Talk About Grit; It’s Time to Talk About Privilege2016-11-29T17:37:32-05:00

When ‘GamerGate’ and White Male Privilege Enter the Classroom

By Chauncey DeVega | Originally Published at We are respectable negroes. October 31, 2014 | Illustration Vivian James Video Games #GamerGate I have not written about the internet troll debacle that has come to be known as "GamerGate". I have made that choice for a number of [...]

When ‘GamerGate’ and White Male Privilege Enter the Classroom2016-11-29T17:37:32-05:00
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