While it might seem encouraging for education and civil rights leaders to assert that poverty isn't an obstacle to higher student achievement, the evidence does not support such claims. Over 50 years, numerous studies have documented how poverty and related social conditions -- such as lack of access to health...
Posted November 29, 2011 | g:i A
The Obama administration's decision to allow states to request waivers from No Child Left Behind was a step in the right direction, but only a baby step. Four in five schools across the country will be deemed "failing" this coming year if nothing stops the "train wreck" that Secretary of...
Posted August 5, 2011 | g:i A
The release of a Texas study on school discipline last month should be a cause for alarm among policymakers and educators throughout the country. Unfortunately, it will probably get lost amidst the chatter that gets regarded as news these days and its importance to those who seek to...
Posted June 10, 2008 | g:i A
A new task force of national policy experts with diverse religious and political affiliations, in public policy fields including education, social welfare, health, housing, and civil rights today launched a campaign calling for a "Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much...
Posted June 9, 2008 | g:i A
Here is an interesting story from TIME.com that I highly recommend. I'll have more to say about "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" tomorrow.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812758,00.html
Posted December 2, 2011 | g:i A