Issues of Import

Originally Published at National Association for Multicultural Education February 1, 2003 Numerous definitions of multicultural education have been proposed or espoused by scholars, researchers and organizations over the past 30 years. To assist researchers, teachers, educators, and parents in understanding and implementing multicultural education, the National Association [...]

Originally Published at California Teachers Association – Blog April 15, 2013 At its annual convention this past weekend in Sacramento, the California Democratic Party passed a resolution opposing corporate education reform, specifically naming Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst organization and “Democrats for Education Reform”. Resolution 13-04.47, sponsored by CTA, [...]

James Baldwin once said, “The greatest achievement of art is the ‘laying bare of questions which have been hidden by answers’” (as cited in Leafgren, 2009, p. 110). Although Baldwin is not included in text exemplars of Appendix B of the Common Core State [...]

Abstract: Reference Publication: Review of KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes Contact: William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Gregory Camilli, (303) 492 8391, gregory.camilli@colorado.edu URL for this press release: http://tinyurl.com/cpna3fn BOULDER, CO (April 30, 2013) – Do middle schools operated by the Knowledge Is [...]

Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective By Julia Isaacs | Originally Published at The Urban Institute. March 2013 INTRODUCTION When a parent loses a job, the entire family is affected, including the children. Money is suddenly tighter, and what was affordable last month, no longer is. Even children [...]

Update, June 29, 2015: The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would again hear Fisher v. Texas, an affirmative action case in which a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of her race. In 2013, the Court [...]

On January 29th 2013, the Department of Education, Civil Rights Division held a Hearing on School Closures, Turnarounds, Phase-Outs and Co-Locations. The Journey for Justice Alliance worked diligently for near a year to bring this momentous occasion about. Days prior to the actual Hearing, those associated with [...]

Originally Published on January 30, 2013. By Valerie Strauss. The Answer Sheet. Washington Post. A nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails today and said they show how a foundation begun by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and national education reform leader, is working with public officials [...]

(The Root) -- Do black students purposefully underachieve because they attribute being smart to "acting white"? For more than a decade, academics, policymakers and cultural critics have publicly chided black children for having an anti-intellectual attitude, based on the "Acting White Theory." [...]