By George Joseph | Originally Published at Columbia Spectator. November 5, 11:52pm In a recent op-ed for the Harvard Crimson, Sandra Korn asked fellow students to reconsider Teach For America and question its pernicious effects on the public school system. Korn’s main concerns include TFA’s ties to [...]
It is widely accepted in America that youth in poverty are a population at risk for being troubled. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that low family income is a major determinant of protracted stress and social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Experiencing poverty before age 5 is [...]
Cartoon By Ahmed Abdallah When citizens paramount concern is the cost of education and not our children, we pay dearly. In a desire to save dollars we sacrifice our principles. We allow ourselves to be played the fool. Knowingly or not, we sell our souls and our [...]
By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. Npovember 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST A lot of Newark high school students boycotted school for a while today. And they did it, because they're unhappy about Gov. Chris Christie, Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson and what's happening [...]
By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. November 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST Post is by Trina Scordo, Executive Director, NJ Communities United The Newark Students Union have organized a massive student boycott of Newark Public Schools today because many of them are too young [...]
New proof that vouchers and charter schools don't reform education, just subject it to the whims of businessmen By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Salon. November 4, 2013 | Image Adaptation: AngertAesthetics Just 10 days into a new academic year, classes were abruptly over at one [...]
By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. November 4, 2013 Oh yes, I remember it well. I was a child, barely of three and he too was young, just bigger and bolder than me. He was a bright boy; I was not dumb, but oh [...]
Photograph; Tamara and Desiree live in one of Tulsa’s “poverty belts.” There are nine of these areas where more than 40% of the population is below the federal poverty line. By Mark R. Rank | Originally Published at The Great Divide. The New York Times. November 2, [...]
By Alan A. Aja, | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 30, 2013 5:06 PM Last week I asked my class of 30 plus first-year students a simple question in review for an upcoming mid-term: In what year did Mexican and U.S. authorities sign the Treaty of [...]
