The last day of school is usually one in which students and parents rejoice. It is thought of as a reprise, a temporary break taken before we come together again in the fall of the year. Never do we imagine that when school closes for the summer [...]
(Image via Merriam-Webster Inc.) We each have a personal dictionary that we carry around with us, in our heads. While we may open the pages and share a lexeme and definition with others, these persons tend to be our most trusted friends. Only they know us at [...]
You say you want a revolution or an evolution, well…. Thousands Sign New Education Declaration Calling For New School Policies By Jeff Bryant. Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network Institute for America's Future on June 18, 2013 As a populist wave of discontent with top-down education mandates [...]
By Donald H. Smith, Ph.D. and Sam Anderson, Ph.D | Originally Published at Black Star News. June 18, 2013 Carter G. Woodson penned a timeless classic on mis-education [On Education] Common Core State Standards created by the Council of State School Officers and the National Governors [...]
By Bob George and Betsy L. Angert | Published at EmpathyEducates. Today, Chicago Public Schools again asserted that there was a way to "improve" community schools, cut budgets, $52 million dollars worth. The decision to eliminate administrative and operational expenses is touted as a means to help [...]
By Rebecca Strauss | Originally Published at The New York Times June 16, 2013 Averages can be misleading. The familiar, one-dimensional story told about American education is that it was once the best system in the world but that now it’s headed down the drain, with piles [...]
Download the fuller report; The School Voucher Crisis. A Position Paper From the Center of Inquiry Office of Public Policy. October 2012 Consider the recent news. In North Carolina headlines read, Private school vouchers at center of House budget debate. In Wisconsin schools chief blasts voucher expansion [...]
New York Times Photograph: Amanda Lindsey, a preschool teacher at the Academy of St. Benedict the African in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, talked with Charlotte Pettigrew, 5, during breakfast there in May. By Motoko Rich |Originally published at The New York Times. June 13, 2013 CHICAGO [...]
By George Joseph | Originally Published at In These Times. June 13, 2013 Photograph; Columbia University's Teachers College held two Masters convocations on May 21. During the ceremonies students held up signs that read "I am not a number" and "not a test score." Photo by George [...]
