Human mental bandwidth is finite. You’ve probably experienced this before (though maybe not in those terms): When you’re lost in concentration trying to solve a problem like a broken computer, you’re more likely to neglect other tasks, things like remembering to take the dog for a walk, [...]
By Peter DeWitt | Originally Published at Education Week. August 13, 2013 6:41 AM Too many people talk about the CCSS as if they will be the silver bullet to end our poverty issues. We are surrounded by the illusion of quick fixes. We can deny [...]
Under the new incentives available starting a year from now, manufacturing and biotech companies anywhere in the state would be eligible for sales-tax exemptions on the purchase of manufacturing equipment. Companies also could get hiring credits if they are located in census tracts with the highest rates of poverty and unemployment. There also would be tax credits to attract and retain businesses.
By Chauncey DeVega | Originally Published at We Are Respectable Negros. July 31, 2013 | This photo taken Friday July 12, 2013, shows Renee Adams, left, posing with her mother Irene Salyers and son Joseph, 4, at their produce stand in Council, Va. NBC's recent story on [...]
Photograph: Lori Nix How We Are Impoverished, Gentrified and Silenced - and What to Do About It By John Pilger | Originally Published at TruthOut. July 26, 2013 Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against [...]
© copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert BeThink Look to the left. Look to the "right." In respect to education each side is willing to talk about sensitive subjects. Granted the two sides differ in respect to the specifics and the solutions. Nevertheless, either or each will dive [...]
In 2013 the issue of poverty is pronounced. It is the cause of great debate and much conflict. However, the conflict is mostly in interest, self-interest. The one interest that receives far less if any attention at all is poverty and the extent of poverty. How to [...]
Photograph; Harlem Success Academy works hard to combat poverty — and get kids achieving at the same levels as their higher-income peers. The authors suggest this process is far more difficult than reformers believe it to be. By Prudence Carter , Kevin Welner | Originally Published at [...]
Studies show that students born or raised in affluent families are more likely to succeed. From day one, an infant exposed to finer books, art, music, and language begins to bloom. The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor is undeniable. Race, in the [...]
