Photograph; Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times Montserrat Garibay, a teacher in Austin, Tex., is focusing on helping families navigate a complex immigration bureaucracy. By Michael Brick | Originally Published at The New York Times. December 1, 2013 AUSTIN, Tex. — The meeting began, as so [...]
By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. November 26, 2013 Rob McEntarffer (@rmcenta) Tweeted a question to me about my blog post, The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement, asking: “can Grit research (Duckworth, etc) be used as a humanizing/empowering tool, rather [...]
Photograph Credit: Altanaka via Shutterstock.com By David Sirota | Originally Published at AlterNet. November 11, 2013 Google the phrase "education crisis" and you'll be hit with a glut of articles, blog posts and think tank reports claiming the entire American school system is facing an emergency. Much [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. November 10, 2013 No child has ever chosen to be poor. Children have never caused the poverty that defines their lives, and their education. Yet, the adults with political, corporate, and educational wealth and power—who [...]
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 [...]
Annie Murphy Paul | Originally Published at MindShift November 4, 2013 In recent years researchers have begun to build a science of interest, investigating what interest is, how interest develops, what makes things interesting, and how we can cultivate interest in ourselves and others. They are finding [...]
Are standards too high or is the pressure to be above standard too high for even the elite to meet? Throughout the nation parents agonize over disparate concerns; do I care more about my child's mental health or their career path? Mom's and Dads are torn in [...]
The question of truth, consequences, punishment and principles come together under the guise of a "no excuses" policy. Who do we retain, why, and when are questions we ask in society writ-large. When these same queries show up in our schools what do we do? We might [...]
Using poverty alone to explain the achievement gap may do more harm than good. By Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute [EPI]. October 10, 2013 On her “Bridging Differences” blog, educator Deborah Meier began a discussion with Mike Petrilli of the [...]
