An all-day conference titled "Democratic Education Symposium" was held on Saturday at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn.
As part of a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, the Coalition for Public Education held a demonstration on March 4th in front of City Hall.
It's unfortunate that the public assumes that the best students have the best teachers, and the worst students the worst teachers, because that simply isn't true.
The pattern of white flight from the Kansas City public schools to "better suburban districts and charter schools" mirrors the pattern that is being accelerated within New York City.
According to parents, the approach of some charter schools has been to promise that learning disabled children will have their needs met but not delivering once the child is enrolled.
My concern is that the notion of closing schools for reasons having little to do with student safety is a sign of a profound change in the country's attitudes toward equal opportunity for all young learners.
If the quality schooling that Obama aspires to becomes a reality, what kind of jobs will be available for highly educated students of the future?
