Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Originally Published at Huffington Post. Black Voices. August 4, 2011 07:54 AM ET | Updated October 4, 2011 Black America is in crisis. In a recent study, the National Urban League reported that almost all the economic gains made by African Americans [...]
Whether you believe in resistance, activism, or just the choice to be involved and question, it is clear that youth involvement has changed over recent decades. Frequently, in schools today young Americans are required to "engage," to build a résumé, to improve their skills for a chosen [...]
We have become accustomed to its face. We hear the phrase "school choice" and say, what does that mean; it is but a theme for those who endorse more privatization. Could it be "school choice" is not what it seems? Perhaps it is an opportunity for a [...]
New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. By Alison Gopnik | Originally published at Slate. March 16, 2011 Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until they're reading [...]
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne knows racism when he sees it, and he isn't afraid to publicly castigate the most recent agents of race hate. Horne is an outspoken opponent of racism in a state roiling with tensions about "illegal aliens" and "anchor babies." The [...]
History offers lessons. It inspires. And it lives. — Recy Taylor (1944), Gertrude Perkins (1949), 15 year old Flossie Hardman (1951), Betty Jean Owens (1959), Joan Little (1974) #SayHerName People keep saying, 'We need to have a conversation about race'…I want to see a white man convicted [...]
Once again, Americans are up in arms or perchance, better armed and dangerous. Only little more than a week into 2011, citizens have had to confront their fears, feelings, all at gunpoint. It began on a calm, clear Saturday. In a Safeway Store Tucson parking lot Congresswoman [...]
I share a tale, or two from the 2010-2011 holiday season. For me, the stories ring true today. The topics are, teaching and reaching, learning and growing, in the holiday season.Christmas on the Corner. New Years at the Yield By Betsy L. Angert This year, Christmas and [...]
Photograph: Students at a magnet school in Chicago wait for the start of classes last year. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Originally Published at Pacific Standard: The Science of Society. November 28, 2010 5:00 AM Miller-McCune interviews two education experts about the promise and betrayal of diversity in [...]
