In an exclusive interview with First Lady Barbara Bush we discover the problem of unemployment, people cannot secure a job because they cannot read? The preeminent Mrs. Bush confidently expressed as sadly accepted, "If you can’t read, you can’t get a job and you can’t take care [...]
Photograph; Bebeto Matthews/AP Images By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 22, 2014 Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less by Jessica Lahey is not a compelling case to test students more, but another example of journalism failing to represent accurately [...]
I personally have questioned the construct of “leaders,” for I believe none of us ever follows. We may look to another, listen, and still ultimately we think for ourselves. We wonder…is what that person says, does, feels, or believes correct for me? Oh, I do not deny [...]
Photograph; Second graders at Patrick Henry Elementary School follow along to an exercise video during indoor recess. Recess was made mandatory in Chicago elementary schools when the school day was lengthened in 2012. (Armando L. Sanchez / Hechinger Report) By Sara Neufeld | Originally Published at The [...]
The perpetual question is when is progress progressive. When is a following a trend to an earnest desire to bend? Intellectually we know that nothing happens in an instant. Change, while constant, is incremental. There is a need for constant vigilance. So we ask, who can we [...]
Photograph; Mayor Rahm Emanuel joins over 200 members of the faith-based community to discuss the importance of providing Chicago Public School students with a longer school day and year. Thursday, August 25, 2011 | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times By Becky Schlikerman And Dan Mihalopoulos | Originally Published at The [...]
Photograph: Students walked to safety after a shooting in Roswell, N.M. Mark Wilson/Roswell Daily Record, via Associated Press By Jack Healy | Originally Published at The New York Times. January 16, 2014 The bomb threat was just a hoax, but officials at Hebron High School near Dallas [...]
Photograph; Mayor Bill de Blasio and his new schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, tour the Bronx School of Young Leaders. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Originally Published at The New York Times. January 15, 2014 One door closes and another opens. In every life change comes. We know [...]
We at EmpathyEducates would like to thank Stop Special Needs Vouchers for putting it all together. The caution in context is instructive. We are aware of the need to learn from history. Within this treatise, there are lessons to be learned. Operators of Failed WI Voucher School [...]
