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8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance

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 [...]

8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

School Choice and the Value of Public Goods

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 [...]

School Choice and the Value of Public Goods2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School

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 [...]

Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow’s Forgotten Horror

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 [...]

Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow’s Forgotten Horror2016-11-29T17:39:03-05:00

Shooting Safeguards— A Society Armed?

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 [...]

Shooting Safeguards— A Society Armed?2018-03-14T13:25:13-04:00

Christmas on the Corner. New Years at the Yield

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 [...]

Christmas on the Corner. New Years at the Yield2016-11-29T17:39:04-05:00

Are Charter Schools a Choice for Segregation?

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 [...]

Are Charter Schools a Choice for Segregation?2016-11-29T17:39:04-05:00
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