By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. July 2, 2014 at 5:51 PMThe Cost of Leaving Educators Off The Education Agenda This act is wearing thin. As implementations of Common Core State Standards falter around the country, supporters of the new academic benchmarks [...]
Parents, pundits and politicians, did you get what you expected? If you thought you would get the biggest bang for the buck by pouring taxpayer dollars into charter schools and devoting yourself to public school disinvestment might it be time for a reassessment? After years of being [...]
Photograph; A group of students outside of Normandy High School just moments after the bell rang at the end of school in Wellston, St. Louis County, Mo. Photo by Trymaine Lee for MSNBC By Trymaine Lee | Originally Published at MSNBC. July 1, 2014 The author is [...]
Dear Dr. Kovacs, It’s nice to “meet” you! I cannot wait to have your son in my class this year. There is no need for you to apologize for being “that” parent. I will take an engaged, interested, hands-on parent over a “no show” any [...]
Updated: Welcome to Your Fair City – 11 Shocking Facts About America's Militarized Police Forces The events taking place this evening in Ferguson Missouri only serve to remind us of what has been an American "condition." The " war on drugs" began American Militarization. The “war on [...]
Photograph; Members of the University of California, Merced, Class of 2009 listen as first lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech on May 16, 2009. | David Paul Morris/Getty Images By Erin C.J. Robertson | Originally Published at The Root. June 26, 2014 12:01 PM Six years [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 26, 2014 Early and often, the Obama administration’s education agenda, headed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, has driven the public narrative about public schools, teachers, and students with a relentless claim [...]
Illustration; Rob Tornoe By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. June 25, 2014 at 8:06 PM When politicians and pundits take to the barricades to defend “wonderful charter schools,” is this what they’re thinking of? A recent article in a Minnesota newspaper reported about [...]
