Photograph; She's smiling because she knows taking the test may very well be easier than opting out. |Photo by iStock/Thinkstock By Lisa T. McElroy | Originally Published at Slate. March 6, 2014 Then I learned a thing or two. Deciding to opt my two daughters out [...]
By Kate Taylor | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 6, 2014 Battered in the press over his position on charter schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday took to a friendly news outlet to defend himself and argue that his actions were being distorted. [...]
Image: Racial Stereotypes retrieved from tumblr By Esther Quintero | Originally Published at Shaker Blog. April 4, 2014 This is the first in a series of three posts about implicit bias. Here are the second and third parts. The research on implicit bias both fascinates and disturbs [...]
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 [...]
NYS Refusal Boycotts explained in a straight forward manner.Video: NYS Refusal Boycotts explained in a straight forward manner Originally Published at NYS ALLIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION Thank you to the team at Overit (overit.com) for this amazing video. Director - Lawrence Basso Illustrator - Michael Hayes Voiceover [...]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday that CPS boss Barbara Byrd-Bennett "made the right call" in warning teachers of the repercussions of refusing to administer an achievement test next week. | DNAInfo/Ted Cox By Ted Cox @tedcoxchicago| Originally Published at DNA Info. February 28, 2014 EDGEWATER — The [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. February 27, 2014 Deborah Meier reminds us that “one can’t ’choose’ to be the children of the wealthy,” adding later: You and I—or some other somebodies—are deciding the future of “other people’s children” [hyperlink added] [...]
CPS parent and More than a Score member Cassandra Creswell speaking at this morning's press conference. | Hannah Lutz/Sun-Times By Hannah Lutz | Chicago Sun Times. February 25, 2014 1:21PM Hundreds of CPS students from 25 schools are refusing to take their annual state achievement test next [...]
By Lyndsey Layton E-mail the writer | Originally Published at Washington Post. February 19, 2014 The head of the nation’s largest teachers union said the rollout of the new Common Core academic standards has been “completely botched” in many states and that wholesale changes taking place in [...]
