Joshua Cintron, 10, prays during funeral services for his cousin, Naisha Pearson, at St. Luke's Church in the Bronx. Pearson, 10, was shot and killed by a stray bullet at a neighborhood Labor Day picnic in a Bronx park when a fight between two men erupted in [...]
Students at Yale University last spring. | Credit Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times By Robin J. Hayes | Originally Published at The Atlantic. February 27, 2014 Elite universities should not be asking, “Why do we have so few low-income students?” but “How do we have [...]
At what point does education 'reform' become abuse? By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign: America's Future. February 20, 2014 Last [month], NBC News reported about a school near St. Louis that conducted an “active shooter drill” in which campus law officers and teachers instruct high [...]
By AJ Vicens and Brett Brownell | Originally Published at Mother Jones. February 19, 2014A new collection of data offers snapshots of life in black America, by the numbers.A lot of the stats you've heard about black America are wrong. Did you know that black high [...]
There are scars of all sorts. Each leaves a mark, but some are seen more readily. There are the less visible scars stress leaves behind. Fear of a test or failure hurts. But neither is said to cause, or indeed, to teach further aggression. Nonetheless, the "spare [...]
On Saturday, February 16, 2014 a Jacksonville, Florida jury declared it impossible to come to a unanimous decision. Michael Dunn, a forty-seven year old white man who admits to shooting Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old African American, was ultimately convicted but not on the charge of first-degree murder. [...]
Will there is a will there is a way and some school districts have each. The question is do we have the will to educate our children or do we prefer to punish them for being eager children? Might we ask ourselves do we want a disciplined [...]
The Florida Board of Education set different proficiency goals for different racial groups. (Palm Beach Post file photo) By Leslie Postal | The Orlando Sentinel. February 14, 2014 Florida's race-based academic goals prompted controversy when they were adopted in 2012 -- and now have sparked an online [...]
A recent study adds to the mounting pile of evidence that a child's early years are critical for determining later academic success. Poor kids are falling far behind. AP Images/Lynn Hermosa By Monica Potts | Originally Published at The American Prospect. February 12, 2014 Most Americans think [...]
