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Don't Pull Up the Ladder

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

As the nation heads toward a multicultural, multiracial future, sustained growth hinges on our ability to apply everyone's talents and creativity to building the next economy.

Paul Tough: The Obama Administration's Big Missed Opportunity

| Posted 11.04.2012 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. What if much of what we think we know about success is wrong? What if the metrics we use i...

Need Inspiration for Your Graduate? Start With the Time 100 List

Michael McAfee | Posted 07.29.2012 | Impact
Michael McAfee

If we want a generation of well-rounded leaders making positive contributions to society tomorrow, we need to provide pathways to success today.

The Lesson We Can Learn From 'The Hunger Games'

Michael McAfee | Posted 05.27.2012 | Impact
Michael McAfee

If we don't prepare all of our children today to be the leaders of tomorrow, our entire economy will suffer. We cannot be indifferent to those held back most by the painful inequality in our country; if we are, it will be the downfall of this great nation.

Should Schools Alone Be Held Accountable For Student Achievement?

| Sarah Garland | Posted 01.31.2012 | Home

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. What if schools didn't have to work alone to improve student achievem...

A Promise to Bobby

Max Skolnik | Posted 12.05.2011 | DC
Max Skolnik

Last week, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson revealed some startling statistics about our youngest citizens. We learned that 10% of current eighth graders have attempted suicide.

Is Poverty Not "Sexy" Enough?

Morna Murray | Posted 10.30.2011 | Impact
Morna Murray

One in five children now lives in poverty, up from 17% in 2000. This is an increase of 2.4 million children. These are not just statistics. They are real children, waking up hungry and suffering.

Obama Administration Keeps Eyes on the Prize

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 09.06.2011 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

What a wonderful investment in America! President Obama and his administration have seen the challenges facing young people in our country today who ...

Hitting the "Opportunity Ceiling"

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 07.20.2011 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

By slashing programs like Pell Grants and YouthBuild, the Ryan budget would knock the legs out from under the next generation, denying them the skills and tools they need to be the leaders of tomorrow.

Geoffrey Canada On Harlem Children Zone's Ripple Effect

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children's Zone CEO, sat down with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night to talk about how his efforts to give back to Harlem child-by-ch...

Rewriting NCLB: The Promise of Neighborhoods

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Susan Ochshorn

We need to be paying more attention, and driving greater investment, to Promise Neighborhoods, a critical initiative in the Administration's blueprint for NCLB reauthorization.

Eliminate the "Health Gap"

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
James R. Knickman

When it comes to reducing disparities in health, New York State still has a long way to go. So what is the solution?

Washington DC's 'Promise Neighborhood' Makes School Reform A Community Concern

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

This time last year, the Parkside-Kenilworth area in Washington D.C. mirrored struggling communities across the United States -- low-performing schoo...

When Walking to School Is Unsafe

Elizabeth Hampton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Hampton

No child should feel unsafe on their walk to school. If we are to turn around struggling schools, we owe this issue a bit of attention. Our children's lives and futures depend on it.

Education News: Themes from the week of August 15, 2010 - College readiness, teacher effectiveness and community development

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Susan Sawyers

A round-up of the week's education stories brought to you by The Hechinger Report....

Failing Students, Not Failing Schools

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Jim Taylor

We need to give poor parents the resources and support they need so they can devote the time and energy necessary to prepare their children for academic success.

Harlem Comes To Hungary

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Dan Collins

Geoff Canada looks to be taking on the most unusual challenge of his career. The Harlem Children's Zone founder is in talks to bring his cradle-to-college education formula to the Roma (Gypsy) children of Hungary.

LA's Response to Its Gang Epidemic

Constance L. Rice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Constance L. Rice

LA County has 850,000 children trapped in its gang hot zones. The City of LA has 300,000 of those kids in its boundaries.