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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In every child's life there is a parent and for most school age children, a Principal. Being either is significant. While styles may be different there is a need to be consistent. A child is more likely to stumble and fall if the ground beneath [...]
Photograph; Students at a charter school in Washington, D.C., in 2012.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images By Amy B. Dean | Originally Published at Al Jazeera. January 13, 2014 Immigrant children deserve excellent schooling too Public schools have historically been key institutions in our nation of immigrants. [...]
Photograph; Graduating students at commencement ceremony at Ohio State University on May 5, 2013.The Right wants us to think higher education has no value. By Susan J. Douglas | Originally Published at In These Times. January 3, 2014 Among the many visionary goals of our nation’s right [...]
Originally Published at Deb Meier. December 31, 2013 Dear readers, It’s been a while since I’ve written in this space. But I’m mending my ways. What set me off? My granddaughter just came across something interesting—and not new. In 2001 PBS put together a video called School: [...]
Photograph; Carmen Farina reacts during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at MS 51 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Farina, a former teacher, principal and longtime advocate of early childhood education, will be the next leader of the nation's largest public school system. (AP [...]
Walter Dyett High School, pictured here, is being phased out by the Chicago Public Schools. Since 2001, the district has closed, phased-out or turned around about 150 schools. The vast majority of the students affected by the school closures have been poor or African American. Introductory Essay [...]
