Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched Fwd.us, which will lobby for higher education standards. (David Paul Morris, Bloomberg) Will we ever learn that philanthropy is really not that impressive? Nor is money the cure for what ails us? A practiced philosophy that promotes caring human connectivity brings [...]
The data to support a dropout crisis among black students are being misreported and used to support stigmatizing tactics. By Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. | Originally Published at TheRoot. June 4 2014 3:00 AM | Photograph; Billboard in Prince George’s County, Md. (Ivory Toldson) In Bladensburg Road along [...]
What Might We Teach? A Look Into Our Souls Through Poetry And Self-Portraits. – A Lesson What if when we looked at our students we could really see them? Really know their pasts, understand where they are coming from? In this [...]
About 200 schools across the country have received a Target Library Makeover since 2007 and, judging by the photos available online, the libraries all look similar to the one at my school. Like those other libraries, The Story of Wal-Mart, The Story of Starbucks, and [...]
ThinkStock Image. By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at Alternet. and The Becoming Radical. May 31, 2014 What do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests, charter schools, tracking, and parental choice have in common? First, across the U.S., they all have a great deal [...]
By Roger Cohen | The New York Times. May 29, 2014 LONDON — Guildhall at the heart of the City can be a lulling sort of place after a long day. The statuary and vaulted timber ceiling of the medieval great hall lead the eye to wander [...]
Photograph; Atlantic Author Ta-Nehisi Coates and Joy Reid walk and talk about the competition that we see in society and in our schools. By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. May 29, 2014 You may have read or heard about The Atlantic article, The Case [...]
By Dr. Mercedes Schiender | Originally Published at deutsch29. May 29, 2014 On May 29, 2014, Lindsey Layton of the Washington Post wrote this article on the conversion of the state-run New Orleans Recovery School District’s (RSD) conversion to charters. I would like to clarify a few [...]
Perhaps, if we are to truly understand what we see in our schools, we must learn from the streets. We know that societal norms enter the classroom. What is implicit can often be seen. Witness what occurs at crosswalks and ask yourself, is education policy borne out [...]
