An inmate performs in a play at a public theatre in Lima, Peru. The theatre program is one of many prison activities popping up around the globe to help reduce overcrowding and rehabilitate prisoners. (Photo from Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil) As tots we were given time to grow. Everyone [...]
From the West to the East, our days are replete with stories of slaughter. We hear about a slain student here. We read about a stabbed teacher there. At times the killings occur on the streets. On other occasions death hits a household. We would like to [...]
By David Sirota | Originally Published at David Sirota. October 24, 2013 Back in 1982, the Violent Femmes urged a generation not to get so distressed about something being put on our permanent records. To the band’s young followers, it was a comforting reminder that for all [...]
Image; Childhood poverty impacted how much the two regions of the prefrontal cortex (as shown in orange circles) were engaged during emotion regulation. (Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) By Sherri McGinnis González | Originally Published at University of Illinois Chicago. October 21, 2013 [...]
Cindy Jordan, right, mother of two students at Granada Elementary Community Charter in Granada Hills, joins about 50 parents protesting an L.A. Unified order to reorganize classes according to students' levels of English fluency. The move has sparked a storm of protests across the district. (Al Seib, [...]
Graphic; Low-income students made up at least half the public school student population in 17 states in 2011, a marked increase from 2000, when four states topped 50 percent. By Lyndsey Layton | Originally Published at The Washington Post. October 16 E-mail the writer A majority of [...]
Students cross 25th Street at South Central Park Avenue as police and a Safe Passage guard keep watch. (John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune) You can lead a child to a welcoming school, but you cannot make him or her drink from waters that feel dangerous. No. A [...]
Photograph: James P. Steyer, the chief of Common Sense Media. The pundits, the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue States: red states for Republicans, blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God [...]
By Joy Resmovits | Originally Published at The Huffington Post. October 11, 2013 Ten high-profile civil rights leaders are pressuring Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) to intervene in the sorry state of school funding in Philadelphia. The national and local leaders -- including the NAACP's Ben Jealous [...]
