By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 30, 2014 The answer to Grant Lichtman’s Does “Grit” Need Deeper Discussion? appears to be an unequivocal yes—based on the exchange in the blog post comments, the Twitter conversations, and comments at my blogs [...]
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan rides the bus with Columbus Elementary students to the Mexico-U.S. border in Columbus, N.M. on Sept. 10, 2013. | The Washington Post via Getty Images By Joy Resmovits| Originally Published at Huffington Post. January 27, 2014 President Barack Obama is widely expected [...]
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 [...]
Graphic by Betsy L. Angert | AngertAesthetics By Catherine Gewertz | Originally Published at Education Week. January 24, 2014 12:23 AM | Download Letter to Secretary Arne Duncan, Department of Education [pdf] Schools chiefs from 34 states have banded together to make a public declaration that they [...]
By Les Leopold | Originally Published at AlterNet. Update at Huffington Post. November 8, 2013 5:59 AM EST Updated: January 23, 2014 6:58 PM EST There are 16.4 million American children living in poverty. That's nearly one quarter (22.6 percent) of all of our children. [...]
In an exclusive interview with First Lady Barbara Bush we discover the problem of unemployment, people cannot secure a job because they cannot read? The preeminent Mrs. Bush confidently expressed as sadly accepted, "If you can’t read, you can’t get a job and you can’t take care [...]
Photograph; Second graders at Patrick Henry Elementary School follow along to an exercise video during indoor recess. Recess was made mandatory in Chicago elementary schools when the school day was lengthened in 2012. (Armando L. Sanchez / Hechinger Report) By Sara Neufeld | Originally Published at The [...]
The perpetual question is when is progress progressive. When is a following a trend to an earnest desire to bend? Intellectually we know that nothing happens in an instant. Change, while constant, is incremental. There is a need for constant vigilance. So we ask, who can we [...]
Photograph; Mayor Bill de Blasio and his new schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, tour the Bronx School of Young Leaders. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Originally Published at The New York Times. January 15, 2014 One door closes and another opens. In every life change comes. We know [...]
