By Lizette Alvarez | Originally Published at The New York Times. December 2, 2013 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Faced with mounting evidence that get-tough policies in schools are leading to arrest records, low academic achievement and high dropout rates that especially affect minority students, cities and school [...]
Photograph; Kelly Fischer says she visited three New Orleans charter schools, and all told her that they couldn't provide services to her disabled son, Noah. Rush Jagoe for The Wall Street Journal By Kari Harden | Originally Published at Louisana Weekly. December 2, 2013 When Kelly Fisher [...]
Photograph; Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times Montserrat Garibay, a teacher in Austin, Tex., is focusing on helping families navigate a complex immigration bureaucracy. By Michael Brick | Originally Published at The New York Times. December 1, 2013 AUSTIN, Tex. — The meeting began, as so [...]
Testimony At Education City Council Hearing From CTS Member By Jeff Nichols | Originally Published at Change The stakes. November 27, 2013 Testimony In Support Of City Council Resolution 1394-2012 Jeff Nichols, Change the Stakes November 25, 2013 Thank you Councilman Jackson for this opportunity to [...]
By Becky Schlikerman | Originally Published at The Chicago Sun times. Last Modified: Nov 27, 2013 10:09AM Chicago Public Schools has decided against using inBloom, a controversial data storehouse run by a nonprofit, and will work directly with a state-run data program, a spokeswoman said. In Illinois, [...]
We test and test our children in a futile attempt to alter reality. We wish to believe that scores on a battery of examinations will predict the future, or at least offer some insight into a student's progress. Policymakers suggest the tests will forecast a child's potential. [...]
By Mary Ellen Flannery | Originally Published at National Education Association [NEA] Today. November 26, 2013 Clarence Montgomery has talked to dozens of parents and guardians whose children have attended voucher schools in Milwaukee, and they all have said the same thing: they want the best education [...]
By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. November 26, 2013 Rob McEntarffer (@rmcenta) Tweeted a question to me about my blog post, The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement, asking: “can Grit research (Duckworth, etc) be used as a humanizing/empowering tool, rather [...]
(Photographic Credit: Vadim Georgiev via Shutterstock/Salon) Do we develop children's minds, ensure that public education exists for all, or do we succumb to the pressure that comes from developers? Profiteers and politicians have decided, but what do the people say? "These are the questions" that will confront [...]
