Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. September 16, 2014 Common Core discussions often center around the "standard" conversation. Parents, teachers, and those interested in education articulate a need for greater consideration. Critics argue, Common Core is a one-size-fit-all negotiation. Countless ask, what [...]
Illustration Copyright Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis/AP Images By Chocolate, Pomp, And Circumstance | Originally Published at Chocolate, Pomp, and Circumstances . September 14, 2014 Imagine: You’re at work. You’re scrolling through Facebook or playing Candy Crush instead of paying attention to your conference call – your boss comes into [...]
Photograph; New Orleans Students. NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) Introductory Reflection by Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., Host of The New Orleans Imperative The term "High Standards" is a part of the education reformer$ in Louisiana daily script. For the past nine years they have been quick to point [...]
Photograph Credit; The Times Daily, Jim Hannon By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. September 9, 2014 In my undergraduate introductory education course, I read aloud the first or second class Sandra Cisneros’s “Eleven.” The central character is Rachel, and the setting [...]
Every semester I hope things will be different. I hope that when I walk into my English-composition and writing courses, the majority of my students will, at the very least, be equipped with the basics: They’ll know how to write paragraphs, how to read critically [...]
Photograph Credit; Shutterstock _Film Grain Filter By Alfie Kohn | Originally Published at Huffington Post. September 4, 2014 4:50 PM EDT Helicopter parents of college-age children are the folks we love to hate. A steady stream of articles and blog posts bristle with indignation over dads who [...]
By Rebecca Carroll | Originally Published at The Guardian. September 3. 2014 7.45 EDT Photographic Credit; Becoming close friends with black people may not occur to most white people at all. Unless it’s Beyoncé. Who doesn't want to be friends with her? Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA A system [...]
Image courtesy of Tim Pierce | Creative Commons> By Paul Thomas, Ed.D., Furman University | Originally Published at the The Conversation. September 3, 2014 If you’re an eight-year-old living in Charleston, South Carolina, you’re soon going to need to study extra hard at reading. The US state [...]
Photograph; iStock Image | First Book. By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 30, 2014 Talking about race is challenging for many parents, especially White parents. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty about this topic [...]
