Partnerships, NOT Pushouts - New "Whole-Child" Policy Guide for School Board Members Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 In today’s global economy, a high quality, comprehensive education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it's a prerequisite to success. Students must now possess not only academic knowledge [...]

Florida Statewide Study on School Choice – Consensus Report on Charter Schools
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Introduction The Florida League of Women Voters’ study on school choice was initiated to better understand the oversight of public moneys that are allocated to charter schools and other private educational institutions. How these public/private educational programs align with the constitutional requirement for a [...]
Black.Man.Teach.
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Black.Man.Teach. Currently, black males represent less than 2% of our nation's teacher workforce. Our young brothers and sisters, our children, our schools, our communities, and our country need more black male teachers. To increase these numbers we must explore, examine, and confront all of [...]

Brown v. Board at 60
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Why Have We Been So Disappointed? What Have We Learned? By Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute. [Download Report [pdf] May 17 is the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision that [...]

Segregation Now…Resegregation in the American South
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Segregation Now…Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, show how separate and unequal education is coming back. Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded-white bungalow, it had been [...]

Co-location Report Says, ‘Trust Us,’ Instead of Showing Its Work
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Originally Published at National Education Policy Center. April 15, 2014 Reference Publication: Review of The Effect of Co-locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools [Download the Report Below] Report omits statistical details and background research that could help readers fairly assess findings Contact: William J. [...]

When Youth Violence Spurred ‘Superpredator’ Fear
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00The ‘Superpredator’ Scare After a surge of teen violence in the early 1990s, some social scientists predicted the future was going to be a whole lot worse. Reality proved otherwise. Click on the image above to view the video. By Clyde Haberman | Originally Published at [...]

Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board: Organizing for Educational Justice for All
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board: Organizing for Educational Justice for All We Demand... (For More Details Click on the Plus Signs to the Left of Each Demand) Schools can play an instrumental [...]

j was young&happy (and everyone hated her for it)
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:27-05:00By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at the everyday motion of artifacts. April 2, 2014 j was young&happy (and everyone hated her for it) Happiness hit her like a train on a track… Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back “Dog [...]