By Heather Ann Thompson | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 6, 2014 5:59 am EDT | Juvenile Life Without Parole Photographic Credit; American Civil Liberties Union If 11-year-old Jordan Brown had yet had the opportunity in school to learn about the United Nations, it probably wouldn't [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. October 6, 2014 Politically and socially, the most powerful demographic, with the exception of White men, is White women. Though still underrepresented in key economic and power positions, White women enjoy numerous social benefits, maintain political power as [...]
By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign For America's Future. October 2, 2014 | Parents, residents, and teachers protest history curriculum. Jefferson County Schools. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) When hundreds of high school students across a suburban school district outside of Denver, Colo. recently walked [...]
Fraud, financial mismanagement, lousy results: Reports highlight awful charter schools and people are catching on By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Salon. October 2, 2014 8:30 AM Diane Ravitch and Michelle Rhee; drawing by James Ferguson Last week when former President Bill Clinton meandered onto the [...]
By Chocolate, Pomp, And Circumstance | Originally Published at Medium. on October 2, 2014 An Ohio couple, Jennifer Cramblett and Amanda Zinkon, whose child, Payton, is “obviously biracial” because of a mix-up at a sperm bank, is suing that sperm bank. The Sperm Bank Fucked* Up [...]
This article is from the Fall 2014 issue of the The American Prospect magazine. For the first time in decades, voters in nearly half the country will find it harder to cast a ballot in the upcoming elections. Voters in 22 states will face tougher [...]
By Les Leopold | Originally Published at AlterNet. September 30, 2014 We're number one? Hardly. A recent international report demolishes several deeply held myths about our educational system. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report, which compares the educational systems of over 30 developed [...]
Photograph; Prekindergartners at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans practice singing "Jingle Bell Rock" in preparation for their upcoming holiday show. | Christopher Powers/Education Week There are Miracles that never were and those that flourish unabated. Who could [...]
By John Spencer | Originally Published at EducationReThink. September 27, 2014 I write this as a dad thinking about what will happen if my daughter someday breaks dress code. I’d like to think that I can avoid it, but I know that parents don’t always have control [...]
