Graphic; Respect Existence or Expect Resistance by AngertAesthetics By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. August 5, 2014 Teachers at every level of schooling have struggled against two powerful social claims: (i) education has always been labeled a failure by political leaders [...]
Do our school children get enough sleep? Do they get enough to eat? Are they ready for days of stringent testing? By the time our children arrive at school they are tired and weary. Their eyes are teary. In every moment of their young lives they live [...]
By Paul Buchheit | AlterNet. August 3, 2014 Any thinking person should be able to recognize the hardships of poor families. Three-quarters of conservative Americans say poor people have it easy. The degree of ignorance about poverty is stunning, even for people far removed from the [...]
You likely heard the stories. You've seen it in the papers. Oprah too sang the praises. In New Orleans, we have witnessed a Miracle. Finally the city is able to provide an excellent education. Yes, the skies opened up. The rains fell. The area was flooded. And [...]
By Rebecca Klein Huffington Post. July 30, 2014 Updated: 6:59 PM EDT A new study offers more evidence that segregated schooling is bad for students. The study, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, used previously compiled data from the Department of Education to track how [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at Clutch Magazine. July 29, 2014 Since the post Civil Rights Era, the Black community has largely abandoned its collective struggle against continued racism and discrimination. Gone are the demands for justice and an end to inequality. They have been replaced [...]
Photograph; Credit Beth Fertig / SchoolBook By Allie Gross | Jacobin. July 28, 2014In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs” thrive. Jenay* crouches on the carpet, her spine curved into a lowercase “c” as she concentrates on the flimsy picture book in [...]
(Photograph Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) By William A. Darity Jr., Alan A. Aja, , Darrick Hamilton | Originally Published at Huffington Post. July 28, 2014 5:04 PM Updated 5:59 PM EDT Earlier this month a divided Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the University of Texas' right [...]
A crowd of about 50 showed up for the charter board meeting. photo: Della Hasselle Introductory Essay By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., an Educator, a former John McDonogh School Principal and a New Orleans resident The failure of the corporate education reforms in New Orleans has been clearly [...]
