Are standards too high or is the pressure to be above standard too high for even the elite to meet? Throughout the nation parents agonize over disparate concerns; do I care more about my child's mental health or their career path? Mom's and Dads are torn in [...]
Diane Ravitch joins Melissa Harris Perry. The two discuss Ravitch's latest book, The Reign of Error." The question is what might terrorize Americans most? The answer is anything but ambivalent. The problem is our citizens do not see what hits them directly in the face. Slowly and [...]
By Jason Stanley and John W. Krakauer | Originally Published at The New York Times. THE STONE October 27, 2013, 7:00 pm In the frequent debates over the merits of science and philosophy, or the humanities in general, it is often assumed that the factual grounding and [...]
Be it personal finances, state or municipal budgets, the debt is the same; human beings. We 'rational,' beings think only of our aversion for loss and the wont to retain what we are already endowed with. Actual costs are never a true consideration. The cash on hand [...]
New Orleans School Performance Scores Reports and Revelations Failing Schools 2013 According to Bobby Jindal (compared to 62% in 2005) Originally Published at CrazyCrawfish. October 27, 2013 Some of you may have seen reports in the Picayune or from Leslie Jacob’s “Educate [...]
The question of truth, consequences, punishment and principles come together under the guise of a "no excuses" policy. Who do we retain, why, and when are questions we ask in society writ-large. When these same queries show up in our schools what do we do? We might [...]
Photograph; Teacher Lori Peck, helps first grader Timia Harris at Grace L. Patterson Elementary school in Vallejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) By Valerie Strauss. Elaine Weiss | Originally Published at The Washington Post Answer Sheet. October 26, 2013 at 10:00 am There are plenty of problems in [...]
From the West to the East, our days are replete with stories of slaughter. We hear about a slain student here. We read about a stabbed teacher there. At times the killings occur on the streets. On other occasions death hits a household. We would like to [...]
By Danielle Daley | Originally Published at Black Culture. October 25, 2013 Black identity development is recognized as the construction of one’s sense of Blackness. This occurs over several stages, most notably illustrated in Dr. William Cross’ model of Nigrescence, first published in 1971. This “process of [...]
