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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 [...]

The school-to-prison pipeline: growing up in a system designed for failureThe criminalization of student behavior and mass incarceration By Rebekah Skelton | Originally Published at Rebekah Skelton. February 15, 2013 The school-to-prison pipeline is a national trend that involves taking students out of public schools and [...]

(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." [...]

By Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at the Economic Policy Institute. January 28, 2013 | Download PDF Education policymakers and analysts express great concern about the performance of U.S. students on international tests. Education reformers frequently invoke the relatively poor performance of U.S. students [...]

We need a fundamental change in our education system itself not just a change in governance Independent Commission on Public Education [iCope] box 582 Brooklyn, New York 11215 718.499.3756 www.icope.org Introduction The Independent Commission on Public Education (iCOPE) believes that system [...]

Research into childhood nutrition reveals that poor diet influences mental development in more ways than expected. Other aspects of poverty exacerbate the effects. By Larry Brown and Ernesto Pollitt | Originally Published in Scientific America February 1996 The prevalence of malnutrition in children is staggering. Globally, nearly [...]

The new LLiving in Dialogue launched in August of 2014. It is a completely independent publication, edited by retired educator Anthony Cody. Its purpose is to foster discussion around critical issues related to public education in the United States and the world. The original [...]