By Leon Wieseltier | Originally Published at The New Republic. December 21, 2012 WHEN I LOOK BACK at my education, I am struck not by how much I learned but by how much I was taught. I am the progeny of teachers; I swoon over teachers. Even [...]
America’s children seem to be shortchanged on almost every issue we face as a society. Not only are we failing to protect our children from deranged people wielding semi-automatic guns. We’re not protecting them from poverty. The rate of child poverty keeps rising – even [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | AlterNet and Daily Kos. December 17, 2012 It should not have taken the killing of 20 innocent children and 6 dedicated educators in a school, but I will not belabor that point. At a prayer vigil in Newtown, CT, [...]
Illustration; Joyce Hesselberth Sympathy is sweet, but empathy is excellent. While it is nice to know that someone cares; it cannot compare to what might be shared – our pains and our sorrows. Sympathy keeps us safe – and separate. Empathy Educates, it exfoliates. It is other [...]
Poor Kids | FRONTLINE | PBS Originally Published at Frontline. Public Broadcast Services. What does it mean to grow up poor in America? In Poor Kids, airing tonight at 10 pm on PBS (check local listings), FRONTLINE follows several of the more than 13 million children in [...]
In Photograph; Karen Lewis and Carl West Over the past several days I had the privilege of being involved in several Chicago education events with Parents, Students, Teachers, CTU and Core members. On Thursday Evening the Black Caucus of CTU sponsored a discussion with President Karen Lewis [...]
Students in a North Miami classroom. (Photo: Jodi Marr/CC) By Julianne Hing | Originally Published at Colorlines. October 16, 2012 It could have been something remarkable. Public education policy which acknowledges the reality of race and inequity? Except, Florida’s recent attempt at doing so has sparked widespread, [...]
By Monique Morris | Originally Published at Open Society. October 5, 2012 |
Photograph; PREP Simone Brown helping a student at Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn prepare for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, the subject of a recent lawsuit. By Ginia Bellafante | Originally Published at The New York Times. October 5, 2012 Not too long ago, I witnessed [...]
