By Alan A. Aja, | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 30, 2013 5:06 PM Last week I asked my class of 30 plus first-year students a simple question in review for an upcoming mid-term: In what year did Mexican and U.S. authorities sign the Treaty of [...]
Hurricane Katrina seems to have opened the floodgates. It exposed the veracity of a racial divide as well as the truth of a caste system. Businesspersons do well. The people are punished. With the "Recovery" this did not change. What did change post-Katrina is the tide. Public [...]
Josh Haner/New York Times/Redux By Andy Kroll | Originally Published at Mother Jones. October 29, 2013 6:00 AM EDT The former CNN anchor says her nonprofit seeks to protect kids from predators in the classroom. Its real agenda may be union-busting. Early one morning in July, former [...]
Photograph; Mike De Sisti | Students from St. Anthony School in Milwaukee perform before Gov. Scott Walker spoke at an event that drew at least 400 people, including dozens of children from private voucher schools, public charter schools and Milwaukee Public Schools. By Lydia Mulvany | Originally [...]
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer | Originally Published at Louisiana Weekly. October 28, 2013 Despite being the recipient of an $800,000 federal grant, John McDonogh Senior High School is having serious money problems. In April, Future is Now (FINS), the Charter Management Organization (CMO) running the school, [...]
Eva Hu-Stiles virtually interacts with her grandmother. iPad assist by Elise Hu-Stiles. John W. Poole/NPR By Elise Hu i | Originally Published at National Public Radio. October 28, 2013 | To Listen or Listen Below This week, we're exploring the tech frontier through the eyes of our [...]
Ask yourself the question, "Do we want the children to authentically grow or grow up into mindless measurers?" Poet and Philosopher Maya Angelou joins with Authors’ and Illustrators’, thoughtful thinkers in addressing the President. Their words of wisdom challenge the use and abuse that today [...]
Are standards too high or is the pressure to be above standard too high for even the elite to meet? Throughout the nation parents agonize over disparate concerns; do I care more about my child's mental health or their career path? Mom's and Dads are torn in [...]
Diane Ravitch joins Melissa Harris Perry. The two discuss Ravitch's latest book, The Reign of Error." The question is what might terrorize Americans most? The answer is anything but ambivalent. The problem is our citizens do not see what hits them directly in the face. Slowly and [...]
