Illustration; By Bob Dahm Commentary By Karran Harper Royal | Originally Published at Education Week. | November 6, 2013 For years, as a resident of New Orleans, I was a super-involved parent, engaged in everything from the proverbial bake sale to serving on the school improvement committee. [...]
On election night, 2013 the headlines rang out what appears to be a regrettable truth; the people no longer support our schools. Voters Soundly Defeat Columbus School Levy Could it be that we turned a tide? For taxpayers, does money now mean more than the education of [...]
U.S. Education Department Announces First-of-Its Kind Resolution of Virtual Charter School Civil Rights Investigation Originally Published at United States Department of Education. November 6, 2013 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into [...]
Cartoon By Ahmed Abdallah When citizens paramount concern is the cost of education and not our children, we pay dearly. In a desire to save dollars we sacrifice our principles. We allow ourselves to be played the fool. Knowingly or not, we sell our souls and our [...]
By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. November 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST Post is by Trina Scordo, Executive Director, NJ Communities United The Newark Students Union have organized a massive student boycott of Newark Public Schools today because many of them are too young [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After the election, pundits will theorize as to why, but long before the vote several voters knew what remains obscure, Christie Or Buono: Who will be the real 'education governor'? The question is asked and answered over and over again. What remains unclear is why the information [...]
Hurricane Katrina seems to have opened the floodgates. It exposed the veracity of a racial divide as well as the truth of a caste system. Businesspersons do well. The people are punished. With the "Recovery" this did not change. What did change post-Katrina is the tide. Public [...]
