By Imani Perry | Originally Published at The New York Times. MARCH 12, 2014 The My Brother’s Keeper initiative is a response to a terrible social reality. Black boys and men are suffering mightily in this nation. The cause is important. However, this endeavor raises serious concerns. [...]
Photograph; John McDonogh High School Principal Marvin Thompson attends the first Future Is Now Schools charter board meeting since administrators learned the school would close at the end of the current academic year. (March 11, 2014.) (Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Over the last few decades, [...]
Photograph; Eva Moskowitz, CEO and Founder of the Success Academy (photo courtesy of House Committee on Education and the Workforce Democrats, CC 2.0) By Zoe Carpenter | Originally Published at The Nation. March 14, 2014 On the first Tuesday in March, thousands of students, parents and teachers [...]
Photograph; Hill Street Studios/Getty By Al Baker | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 11, 2014 Seven black students have been offered a chance to start classes at Stuyvesant High School in September, two fewer than received offers last year. For Hispanics, the number has [...]
The war on teachers, unions, and public education, if it exists, is evidence in an interview, or more so in the message, 'trend on the tax relief our charter schools receive and we will retaliate.' Close any charter schools or do not give these institutions the option [...]
By Dorinda Carter Andrews | Originally Published at AcademiaEdu. March 10, 2014 In this talk, Dorinda Carter Andrews challenges us to consider how gaps in critical consciousness and mindsets for adults and students in schools prevent us from providing equitable schooling experiences for all students. Specifically, Carter [...]
Will children eat? In one-fifth of American households children are food insecure; thus, the question is pressing. Our young do not have access to food that sustains them. Nor have our nations assistance programs provided enough. And still, funds are cut, and cut, and cut. Private food [...]
Photograph; Reed Hastings, Credit: James Duncan Davidson/O’Reilly Media, Incorporated Dr. Raynard Sanders, is an education expert. In New Orleans he is known for having and sharing the true story. When asked about “The New Orleans Miracle” his response is there is none. The host of New Orleans [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published The Becoming Radical. March 9, 2014 As a teacher educator, I now spend much of my spring visiting schools and observing my seniors who are learning to teach in extended field experiences (my university’s version of student teaching). What [...]
