By Gina Crosley-Corcoran, CD(DONA), MPH(c) | Originally Published at The Feminist Breeder. November 20, 2013 | Photograph; ("This was a much nicer camper setup than the one we had.") Years ago, some feminist on the internet told me I was "Privileged." THE FUCK!?!?" I said. I came [...]
By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical November 17, 2013 Social media and even mainstream media appear poised to leap on Secretary Arne Duncan with both feet due to his swipe at white suburban moms. The nearly universal sweeping outrage—some with a level [...]
U.S. Education Department Announces First-of-Its Kind Resolution of Virtual Charter School Civil Rights Investigation Originally Published at United States Department of Education. November 6, 2013 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into [...]
By George Joseph | Originally Published at Columbia Spectator. November 5, 11:52pm In a recent op-ed for the Harvard Crimson, Sandra Korn asked fellow students to reconsider Teach For America and question its pernicious effects on the public school system. Korn’s main concerns include TFA’s ties to [...]
Photograph; Alice Terry Elementary School in Colorado. In the United States, more than half the money for school districts comes from local sources, mostly from property taxes. By Eduardo Porter | Originally Published at The New York Times. November 5, 2013 “There aren’t many things that are [...]
We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in Poverty” column. In this April 8, 2013 picture, a boy whose family asked that he not be [...]
By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. Npovember 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST A lot of Newark high school students boycotted school for a while today. And they did it, because they're unhappy about Gov. Chris Christie, Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson and what's happening [...]
By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. November 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST Post is by Trina Scordo, Executive Director, NJ Communities United The Newark Students Union have organized a massive student boycott of Newark Public Schools today because many of them are too young [...]
If it is true that color and creed do not matter in a democratic nation, why do we pay so much attention to the divide, diversity, and the demographics? Perhaps, the reason is what the data reveals. Our population is dissonant. Concurrently, the choir sings in harmony; [...]
