By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. March 4, 2014 Teaching literacy has been my career and life for over thirty years now. Having grown up in the South with my own peculiar grasp of so-called standard English, I feel fortunate to [...]
NYS Refusal Boycotts explained in a straight forward manner.Video: NYS Refusal Boycotts explained in a straight forward manner Originally Published at NYS ALLIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION Thank you to the team at Overit (overit.com) for this amazing video. Director - Lawrence Basso Illustrator - Michael Hayes Voiceover [...]
Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal/ZUMANo, single moms aren't the problem. And neither are absentee dads. By Erika Eichelberger | Originally Published at Mother Jones.March/April 2014 Issue 1. Single moms are the problem. Only 9 percent of low-income, urban moms have been single throughout their child's first five [...]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday that CPS boss Barbara Byrd-Bennett "made the right call" in warning teachers of the repercussions of refusing to administer an achievement test next week. | DNAInfo/Ted Cox By Ted Cox @tedcoxchicago| Originally Published at DNA Info. February 28, 2014 EDGEWATER — The [...]
By Avi Tuschman The Atlantic. February 28, 2014 In his State of the Union address, President Obama lamented how Washington “has been consumed by ... rancorous argument,” which over the past year has prevented us “from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy.” The [...]
Students at Shamrock Gardens Elementary in Charlotte in 2012. Photo: Nancy Pierce By Jane Stancill jstancill@newsobserver.com | Originally Published at News Observer. February 28, 2014 DURHAM — A new study by researchers at Duke University documented a ripple effect of behavioral problems in middle schools where higher [...]
By Valerie Strauss | Originally Published at Washington Post Answer Sheet. February 27, 2014 There is a lot to celebrate about the pre-kindergarten program in the D.C. public schools. In fact, some aspects of the program are so strong that school officials would be smart to borrow [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. February 27, 2014 Deborah Meier reminds us that “one can’t ’choose’ to be the children of the wealthy,” adding later: You and I—or some other somebodies—are deciding the future of “other people’s children” [hyperlink added] [...]
Students at Yale University last spring. | Credit Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times By Robin J. Hayes | Originally Published at The Atlantic. February 27, 2014 Elite universities should not be asking, “Why do we have so few low-income students?” but “How do we have [...]
