Most States Are Cutting Education Download PDF of this report (14pp.) By Nicholas Johnson, Jeremy Koulish and Phil Oliff Updated February 10, 2009 Thirty-six states have cut education or proposed such cuts because they face massive, devastating budget deficits in this recession. The combination of rising unemployment, [...]
“PISA Day”— An Ideological and Hyperventilated Exercise
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00By Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute. December 1, 2013 at 12:39 pm Richard Rothstein Martin Carnoy National average scores of students on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) will be released Tuesday, and we [...]
Homeless Education 101: Facts And Resources
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00Facts And Resources About The Education of Children And Youth Experiencing Homelessness? How Many Children and Youth Experience Homelessness? In the 2011-2012 school year, 1,166,339 homeless children and youth were enrolled in public schools.1 This is a 71 percent increase since the 2006-2007 school year. [...]
Beyond Input: Achieving Authentic Participation in School Reform
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00Originally Published at Theories & Practice. Harvard Family Research Project| The Evaluation Exchange IX 2 M. Elena Lopez and Holly Kreider of HFRP present a framework of authentic parent participation in school reform and its implications for evaluation. Although educators closely scrutinize how this reform [...]
Nurturing May Protect Kids From Brain Changes Linked To Poverty
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00Growing up in poverty can have long-lasting, negative consequences for a child. But for poor children raised by parents who lack nurturing skills, the effects may be particularly worrisome, according to a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. [...]
The Teacher Gap: More Students and Fewer Teachers
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00By Heidi Shierholz | Originally Published at Economic Policy Institute October 23, 2013 Over the last five years, government employment has dropped by 657,000 as a result of the Great Recession’s effects on federal, state, and local budgets. With kids getting settled back in the classroom this [...]
Low-Income Students Becoming Majority, Fair Funding Needed
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00A report released recently by the Southern Education Foundation (SEF), "A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and the Nation," finds that low-income children are a majority of students in 17 states, primarily in the South and West, and [...]
Alyn D. Johnson; Freedom, Justice, and Lessons Learned From ’63 Boycott
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00Written By Alyn [Before the Film Preview Screening '63 Boycott and Forum] The Past is similar to today! Black people were separated from white people in the past. What do you do when you have trouble? Maybe run or call for help? If you [...]
Henry Louis Gates Jr. On Untangling African-American History
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00Empirical evidence has helped us understand the roots of racism and why it is rampant in American society. Psychologist and Social Scientist Daniel Kahneman discovered, "What You See Is All There Is [WYSIATI.] Today, in the United States, we see colors, separate and unequal. [...]