By CTU Research | May 17, 2013 } Download the report. CHICAGO—On what is the 59th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) today released a report on the history of disruptive actions against communities of [...]
Review of Report Card on American Education. National Education Policy Center Download Report: Review of Report Card on American Education Contact: Christopher Lubienski, Jameson Brewer May 9, 2013 Press Release Media Citations Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress, and Reform By Matthew Ladner [...]
By Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer | Originally Published at >The National Education Policy Center May 2, 2013 Press Release: Abstract: This national study, which comprehensively reviews 311 virtual schools operating in the United [...]
Common Core State Standards Overview The issue of Common Core State Standards is ubiquitous, more so today than it was in previous years. [To review the recent incarnation please peruse Common Core State Standards Initiative. This model is but the latest expression of a need for [...]
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 [...]
Inquiry; Critical Thought is the catalyst for all newer ideas. Each and every innovation is borne out of inspiration, which is informed by asking. We might ask another or probe our own minds. Either way, inquiry begins an investigation. We gather facts, figures, and formulas. But these [...]
Ah, to Create. Creative Thought takes us down roads not yet traveled. To be truly creative we must consider practicalities, but never lose sight of the veracity that these are but a springboard. With feet planted firmly in the familiar, we are able to leap great heights. [...]
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 [...]
ABOUT BBA The Broader Bolder Approach to Education is a national campaign that acknowledges the impact of social and economic disadvantage on schools and students and proposes evidence-based policies to improve schools and remedy conditions that limit many children’s readiness to learn. BBA was launched in [...]
