By Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., and David Rivera, M.S. | Originally Published at Psychology Today. Microaggressions in Everyday Life October 5, 2010 Is subtle bias harmless? Not too long ago, I (Asian American) boarded a small plane with an African American colleague in the early hours [...]
By Scott Huebner | Originally Published at The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Volume 39, Issue 2 October 2010 With the increased emphasis on measuring school success primarily through academic outcomes, some might argue that school professionals cannot afford to pay much attention to students’ well-being, [...]
By Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Originally Published at Huffington Post. September 13, 2010 05:37 PM ET | Updated: May 25, 2011 I have not been able, until now, to understand fully the debate about President Obama's religious commitments. How some Americans move seamlessly from [...]
Michigan Multi-Millionaire Betsy DeVos Is A Four-Star General In A Deceptive Behind-The-Scenes War on Public Schools and Church-State Separation By Rob Boston | Originally Published at Americans United. Featured September 2010 In March [2010], a Michigan multi-millionaire named Betsy DeVos announced the formation of a new national [...]
[This is an expanded version of the published article, which appeared in the Washington Post’s Sunday “Outlook” section.] Pour lire cet article en français, cliquer ici. If the subject is kids and how they’re raised, it seems our culture has exactly one story to tell. [...]
By Black Agenda Report Executive Editor Glen Ford | Black Agenda Report. May 19, 2010 02:15 AM Contrary to the Big Lie that holds that Blacks have been making general progress in closing various economic “gaps” with whites since the Sixties, African American households have been getting [...]
Photograph; Tina Fineberg for The New York Times | Donald Fednyak in Astoria, Queens, holds a palm card given him by George Banning, canvassing for charter school advocates.| Copyright New York Times Over the last many years, Charter School growth soared exponentially. Parents preached. 'America's public schools [...]
Indiana University freshman Margaux J. unleashed these fiery words in May 2006 after a campus judicial proceeding on her allegations of rape. It wasn’t that the two administrators running the proceeding panel didn’t believe her. In fact, they did. The panel found the [...]
No Child Left Behind brought about a raft of changes. Today we stress about the abundance of tests and standardization. We ask are biases built into this policy system. Yes, there are problems, and these extend far beyond those erroneous student, school, and teacher evaluations. There is [...]
