By Amy B. Dean | Originally Published at YES! Magazine. April 18, 2014 Teachers are fighting the privatization wave by connecting with families right where they live. Science teacher Nick Faber walks to school after a home visit with a student's family. The Parent-Teacher Home Visit [...]
By Andrew Ujifusa | Education Week. April 16, 2014 As the appetite for educational data on students has grown across the K-12 sector, so has the stated desire among many state lawmakers to try to protect the privacy and security of sensitive student information. Spurred by concerns [...]
Mama Sass, a Miami mother of two, blogs at MomsMiami.com. Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. April 15, 2014 Go to the grocery store. Dine out for dinner. Even at a cocktail party, conversations about our children's school abound. Everyone you speak [...]
All Photographs represent aspects within the civil rights complaint. Tuesday, December 17, 2013. (Photo by Ted Jackson, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) What do we do when an ugly reality comes face-to-face with the pretty picture fame and fortune flaunted? Do we run? Do we hide? Do we [...]
Generic Image (Istockphoto) By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originlly Published at The Becoming Radical. April 14, 2014 The paradox of race in the U.S.: In order to become a culture in which race does not matter, race must always matter. Due this coming June, my first [...]
"Parent Involvement" can take many directions. Do we teach our children to be autonomous or do we ostensibly "help" them? "Too much is never enough" has become an American tradition. Too much love, too much guidance…are we hurting our children? Researchers have studied this question and ask [...]
By Adam Grant | Originally Published at The New York Times. April 11, 2014 What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than [...]
By Paul C. Gorski | Originally Published at Teaching Tolerance. April 10, 2014 Cultural competence: I learn about Latino culture so that I can communicate effectively with my Latino students’ families. Cultural proficiency: Acknowledging the tremendous diversity among Latino families, I learn about the cultures, identities and [...]
New York State has received their just reward, the highest dishonor. The schools statewide are known to engage in "double segregation." Students are increasingly isolated not only by race, but also by income. A Black or Latino student in New York State likely attends a school with [...]
