ThinkStock By Alfie Kohn | Originally Published at The Atlantic. March 25 2014, 8:12 AM ET The case for self-esteem, success, and even an occasional participation trophy It isn't usually spelled out quite so bluntly, but an awful lot of parenting practices are based on the belief [...]
Towards Achievement with Integrity By Dennis Shirley | Originally Published at Worlds of Education Volume 43 - Apr 2014 March 25, 2014 | Download [pdf] Image by World Bank Photo Collection via Flickr On the other hand, cheek by jowl with these impressive achievements, age-old [...]
Photograph by Lacy Atkins By Griff519 also known as Ramon | Originally Published at Cloaking Inequality. March 24, 2014 Are some charters’ practices new forms of colonial hegemony? When examining current discipline policies and aligned behavioral norms within charter school spaces, postcolonial theory is useful because of [...]
Photograph; Second grade students at Horseshoe Trails Elementary study typing in anticipation of new Common Core standards. Photo by David Jolkovski/Washington Post On the subject of Common Core State Standards [CCSS] we have heard from mothers and fathers. Teachers too weigh in. There is one agreement. Political [...]
By Leo Davis | Originally Published at Atlanta Black Star. March 24, 2014 Misreported Statistics Used to Reinforce Black Men as Violent One statistic commonly misused by a misleading media is: 49% of murder victims are black men. 93% of those are killed by other blacks. However, [...]
Image; A striking shift in public policy has flown largely under the radar. By Stephanie Simon | Originally Published at Politico. March 24, 2014 05:01 AM EDT Taxpayers in 14 states will bankroll nearly $1 billion this year in tuition for private schools, including hundreds of religious [...]
Illustration; Credit Giacomo Bagnara A Common Core for All of Us The New York Times. March 22, 2014 I COULDN’T get a cab. A sketchy-looking guy hunkering around the entrance of the Grand Hyatt in San Diego showed me his bicycle. “Climb on, lady,” he [...]
By Kimberly Hefling and Jesse J. Holland | Originally Published at Associated Press. Yahoo News. March 21, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools — even as tiny preschoolers. The racial disparities in American education, from access to [...]
(AP Photo/ Jose F. Moreno) By Steven Hsieh | Originally Published at The Nation. March 21, 2014 Comprehensive data released Friday by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights offers a striking glance at the extent of racial inequality plaguing the nation’s education system. Analysts [...]
