Photograph; Students during a meeting at the guidance office at Akins High School in Austin, Texas, April 4, 2013. (Photo: Ben Sklar / The New York Times) By Peter Dreier, Truthout | Originally Published at TruthOut. Monday, 08 July 2013 15:26 Ever since the emergence of talking [...]
Photograph; Karen Lewis, center, president of the CTU is joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and United States Representative Bobby Rush, right, during a demonstration and march over the a plan to close fifty-four Chicago Public Schools through Chicago's downtown Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles [...]
Originally Published at Nation of Change July 2, 2013 Too often, when it comes to determining whether a new public program is too expensive or not, no one asks, “Compared to what?” What high-performing business, for instance, would forego the need to invest new capital in something [...]
Dearest Rachel… Hi. It is me, Betsy. I am writing to say Congratulations to you and all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans. It has been a great week for all our LBGTQ brethren. Sadly, it is a little less so [...]
John McWhorter: A surprising new language – texting John McWhorter, linguist and political commentator, has written extensively on language and race relations. He teaches at Columbia University. [Note: We want you to see these talks exactly as they happened! The archive footage might be a little rougher than [...]
By Peg Tyre | Originally Published at TakePart. June 25, 2013 For the last three decades, our schools have been shaped by so-called accountability measures. Standardized tests were meant to make sure students were learning, and schools and teachers were held responsible if kids did not meet [...]
Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network Institute for America's Future on June 25, 2013 The end of another school year is leaving a bad taste in many people’s mouths. A steady diet of government austerity and top-down “accountability” mandates have left numerous communities across the country with [...]
By Mella Baxter | Originally Published at TakePart. June 25, 2013 A 22-year teaching veteran says we can never know a kid’s full potential if we just rely on high-stakes exams. As Albert Einstein said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by [...]
Photograph: Lori Nix How We Are Impoverished, Gentrified and Silenced - and What to Do About It By John Pilger | Originally Published at TruthOut. July 26, 2013 Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against [...]
