Photograph; In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after he was beaten by inmate James Haver [...]
Photograph; Sybrina Fulton's Birthday Homage Tweet to her son Trayvon Martin Our children are dying by our own hand and we sanction their slaughter. Some may say standardized-tests do our young in. But what of the killings? What of the guns and the "ground" on which we [...]
Steven Senne/AP Photo Adults are all a flutter. Times are tough; money is tighter. Policymakers and the public alike say, "We must consider our priorities." The nation’s debt. The deficit. And also defense. After all, we must remain strong. "We need to eliminate waste, and cut all [...]
We stand strong for the rights of all people; persons united are as a bundle of sticks, stronger when standing together. This is thought behind the effort to unionize Charter school Teachers and staff. To say this is wise may have been questioned. But the need cannot [...]
Photograph; Kyle Thompson, 15, of Farmington, Michigan was arrested and kicked out of school after a tug-of-war with a teacher over a note. By Halimah Abdullah | Originally Published at Cable News Network [CNN]. Saturday, January 25, 2014 (CNN) -- A year ago, Kyle Thompson was a [...]
By | Originally Published at Education Justice. January 14, 2014 Nearly two years since the Newark Public Schools (NPS) agreed to a court-ordered Settlement to improve the delivery of special education services, the latest compliance report filed by NPS shows little progress in meeting deadlines for serving [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 8, 2014 The new Common Core and related tests are likely to continue a three-decade pattern of traditional schooling either integrating the new standards and tests into the existing structure of schools or using [...]
Illustration By David Biskup. New York Times Once upon a time every state in the Union, unequivocally guaranteed a free public education in its Constitution, but that soon may end. Within the month we will know more. The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to decide what Governors [...]
Photograph; New York Times | Mapping Poverty in America By John Light | Originally Published at Bill Moyers HQ. January 7, 2014 Where can you find concentrated poverty in America? The New York Times put together an interactive map which reveals that almost all American cities have [...]
