By Nathaniel Mott and David Sirota | Originally Published at Pando Daily. June 5, 2014 In September 2011, a newly-launched nonprofit called the Teaching Channel announced that it would be producing a video series dubbed “Teaching Channel Presents” for PBS. The videos would be produced in partnership [...]
Have you ever said, did, or been something that got you in trouble? If not as an adult perhaps, at the age of four you hugged a teacher. Might that be a crime? Surely, this act merits a school suspension. It is so cruel. But it cannot [...]
A drop in suspension rates throughout L.A. Unified came after the Los Angeles Board of Education and superintendent called for fewer suspensions as concern grew nationwide that removing students from school imperils their academic achievement and disproportionately harms minorities. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) By Teresa [...]
DID YOU KNOW? Florida has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country. Florida ranks 50 out of 50 in state funding per pupil. 61% of our tenth graders do not read at grade level. 578 Florida students drop out of school every day. [...]
By Roger Cohen | The New York Times. May 29, 2014 LONDON — Guildhall at the heart of the City can be a lulling sort of place after a long day. The statuary and vaulted timber ceiling of the medieval great hall lead the eye to wander [...]
Photograph; Atlantic Author Ta-Nehisi Coates and Joy Reid walk and talk about the competition that we see in society and in our schools. By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. May 29, 2014 You may have read or heard about The Atlantic article, The Case [...]
Getty Image By Margaret Kimberley | Originally Published at Black Agenda Report. May 28, 2014 When white teachers handcuff first graders, or white police throw Black tweens through glass windows, or shoot unarmed youths, it may be because of racially warped perceptions. “Black children are dehumanized to [...]
First lady Michelle Obama exercises with children from Chicago Public Schools, in her hometown of Chicago, as she makes a major announcement helping to bring back physical activity to area schools, while celebrating the third anniversary of her 'Lets Move' program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Introductory Essay [...]
By Julianne Hing | ColorLines. Schools & Youth. Tuesday, May 27 2014, 7:20 AM EST Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools are still both separate and unequal. Community and civil rights groups say they’ve identified a key force that’s aggravated the inequity: school closures. [...]
