New proof that vouchers and charter schools don't reform education, just subject it to the whims of businessmen By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Salon. November 4, 2013 | Image Adaptation: AngertAesthetics Just 10 days into a new academic year, classes were abruptly over at one [...]
Photograph; Smithtown teachers rally with others at Sen. Flanagan's office Friday. Photo by Elana Glowatz Oppose Common Core Curriculum, Standardized Tests By Elana Glowatz | Originally Published at Times Beacon Record. November 4, 2013 Hundreds of people flooded the sidewalk in front of state Sen. John [...]
By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. November 4, 2013 Oh yes, I remember it well. I was a child, barely of three and he too was young, just bigger and bolder than me. He was a bright boy; I was not dumb, but oh [...]
CPS Students Protest 'The Death Of Public Education' Photo credit: Justin Carlson By Aaron Cynic | Originally Published at Chicagoist. November 4, 2013 A small group of Chicago Public Schools students marched from the Board of Education to City Hall on Friday to protest what they say [...]
A proposal under consideration by Michigan legislators would not allow students to be promoted to fourth grade if they are not proficient in reading. (MLive File photo) The literature is, was, and likely will long be available. There is "Evidence of Negative Outcomes of Retention." Studies consistently [...]
If it is true that color and creed do not matter in a democratic nation, why do we pay so much attention to the divide, diversity, and the demographics? Perhaps, the reason is what the data reveals. Our population is dissonant. Concurrently, the choir sings in harmony; [...]
Photograph; Tamara and Desiree live in one of Tulsa’s “poverty belts.” There are nine of these areas where more than 40% of the population is below the federal poverty line. By Mark R. Rank | Originally Published at The Great Divide. The New York Times. November 2, [...]
Graphic By Rally4Babies Words are wealth and wealth is words. The statement conjures up all sorts of connotations. We see pictures and think a thousand words. We see words and picture in our mind the scene these paint. But what about the number 15,000, what do you [...]
Students who fail FCAT [The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests] are threatened with removal or were. A "poorly written letter" only prompts people to ask, if the school is not selectively enrolling students why was a letter written at all. Charter School Retracts Letter That Threatens To Remove [...]
