By Imani Perry | Originally Published at The New York Times. MARCH 12, 2014 The My Brother’s Keeper initiative is a response to a terrible social reality. Black boys and men are suffering mightily in this nation. The cause is important. However, this endeavor raises serious concerns. [...]
Photograph; Hill Street Studios/Getty By Al Baker | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 11, 2014 Seven black students have been offered a chance to start classes at Stuyvesant High School in September, two fewer than received offers last year. For Hispanics, the number has [...]
By Dorinda Carter Andrews | Originally Published at AcademiaEdu. March 10, 2014 In this talk, Dorinda Carter Andrews challenges us to consider how gaps in critical consciousness and mindsets for adults and students in schools prevent us from providing equitable schooling experiences for all students. Specifically, Carter [...]
Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal/ZUMANo, single moms aren't the problem. And neither are absentee dads. By Erika Eichelberger | Originally Published at Mother Jones.March/April 2014 Issue 1. Single moms are the problem. Only 9 percent of low-income, urban moms have been single throughout their child's first five [...]
Students at Yale University last spring. | Credit Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times By Robin J. Hayes | Originally Published at The Atlantic. February 27, 2014 Elite universities should not be asking, “Why do we have so few low-income students?” but “How do we have [...]
Photograph; Chicago Public Schools released data on Tuesday showing privately-run charter schools expel students at a vastly higher rate than the rest of the district. (Posted on: February 26, 2014) Disparity sure to become fuel in ongoing education debate By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Alex Richards | [...]
Base Photograph; AP Photo | Wisconsin State Journal/John Hart By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published The Becoming Radical. February 12, 2014 “Work hard. Be nice.” is the tag-line of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools, schools that serve primarily (and often exclusively) high-poverty minority [...]
Illustration; Copyright Bob Cahm By Ann Evans de Bernard | Originally Published at Education Week. February 3, 2014 | Published in Print: February 5, 2014, as When Is School Reform Not Reform? My state of Connecticut, like many others across the country, has received much attention lately [...]
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 [...]
