As a Princeton professor, I really ought to love college rankings. The most famous of them, by U.S. News and World Report, currently places my employer first among national universities, nudging out Harvard and Yale. Forbes’s list of “America’s Top Colleges” has [...]
What’s the View Like From Three Feet?
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:21-05:00What's the View Like From Three Feet? Ever wondered what the world looks like from a preschooler's point of view? Great news! We've got a new (and totally adorable) short video about why preschool matters, [...]
Immigration Reform and Education: Demystifying Mythologies about Latina/o Students
empathy2017-07-04T17:25:24-04:00Abstract IN THIS PAPER, THE AUTHORS DECONSTRUCT COMMONLY HELD MYTHOLOGIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION to inform the critical discourse and support those educators who strive to be fair brokers of an inclusive educational system addressing the distinct needs of immigrant students. We (teacher educators and a community organizer) [...]
The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:22-05:00By Adam Bessie and Dan Carino | Graphic Journalism | Originally Published at TruthOut. August 24, 2014 00:00 Truthout readers like you made this story possible. Can you help sustain TruthOut work with a tax-deductible donation? For a more immersive experience, readers will find documentation and links [...]
A Unified Statement of Action to Promote Reform and Stop Police Abuse
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:22-05:00As national civil and human rights organizations and leaders committed to the protection of the rights of African Americans and all Americans, we come together as a unified collective to urgently impress upon elected officials, law enforcement, the legal profession, businesses and all those in [...]
“Stop Fearing Our Children”: Why Juvenile Incarceration Needs to Go
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:22-05:00"Children, it turns out, will never thrive in storage," Nell Bernstein writes in the recently released Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. It's a statement that shouldn't seem radical. (I Googled "thrive in storage," just to make sure, and it [...]
Irene Robinson Cries, “Mayor You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood School”
Irene Robinson2016-11-29T17:39:24-05:00Surrounded by girls, Rasheed Curtis, 6, talks about why Overton should stay open before the last day of school at Overton Elementary School, June 19, 2013. | Jessica Koscielniak ~ Sun-Times Mayor You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood SchoolA second open letter from Irene Robinson [...]
Abolishing the Broken US Juvenile Justice System
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:24-05:00By the time I was 7 years old I knew drugs were bad. I didn’t need a parent to sit me down on their knee and tell me this because Saturday morning cartoons were frequently interrupted by an advertisement brought to me by Partnership for [...]
not an elegy for Mike Brown
Danez Smith2016-11-29T17:39:24-05:00I am sick of writing this poem but bring the boy. his new name his same old body. ordinary, black dead thing. bring him & we will mourn until we forget what we are mourning & isn’t that what being black is about? not the [...]