By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D.. | Originally Published at The New Orleans Tribune. May 2014 The latest scheme from the corporate reformers is that every state needs to adopt the Common Core standards. Common Core is another idea manufactured by a powerful group of wealthy individuals in this [...]
Credit: Shutterstock We Socialize Girls To Be Better at School But Set Them Up For Failure in the Real World By Sarah Jane Glynn | Originally Published at Think Progress. April 30, 2014 2:43 PM The New York Times’s Upshot blog reported on Tuesday that the [...]
By Maggie Fox | Originally Published at NBCNews April 29, 2014 11:50 am It may come as no surprise to teachers, but girls do better than boys in school, a new study finds. What may be a surprise is that this holds true at all [...]
Police barred the Guardian entry from the room in which the NRA held gun-themed activities for children. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. April 27, 2014 Surely, it will not happen to you. The telephone will not ring [...]
By Trymaine Lee | Originally Published at MSNBC News. April 25, 2014 06:53 AM—UPDATED April 25, 2014 12:07 PM There are two pathways for children at one of the largest school buildings in Harlem. One route, reserved for a select few, comes with new carpeting, bright paint [...]
By Jing Fong Originally Published at Yes! Magazine. April 25, 2014 Curtis Acosta's classes in Mexican American Studies gave kids pride in their heritage—until the Arizona Legislature canceled them. That's when his students became activists, and some real-life lessons began. The Mexican American Studies (MAS) program [...]
Dvorak students said they don't want to lose their teachers. (Kari Lydersen) By Kari Lydersen | Originally Published at Working In These Times. April 24, 2014 6:20 PM The Chicago Board of Education’s vote on Wednesday to convert three public elementary schools into “turnaround schools” run by [...]
Illustration; Back To School by Adam Zyglis September 3, 2013 By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. April 24, 2014 As of April 24, 2014, I am tired to the core of writing about the Common Core because I know three things: [...]
By Antwaun Sargent | Originally Published at PolicyMic. April 24, 2014 In February, President Barack Obama stood before a group of African-American boys (and other boys of color) in the White House to announce his $200 million dollar initiative, "My Brother's Keeper," an effort to help African-American [...]
