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Higher Expectations: If We Believe Our Students Can Succeed, They Will

Janet MurguĆ­a | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Janet MurguĆ­a

From the accepted view that Black and Latino students will do worse than their White peers, two educational systems have emerged in America: one for White students, and another for students of color. But what would happen if we expected more from our youth?

Scott Southworth, Wisconsin DA, Threatens To Arrest Sex-Ed Teachers

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

A Wisconsin district attorney is urging schools to drop their sex-education programs, warning that the teachers involved could be arrested if they fol...

Art: M.I.A.

Steven Weber | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Steven Weber

Why the hell shouldn't James Cameron be the guy to fix the Gulf disaster? The key is not his wealth, ego or access. It is his creativity.

Prom Shocker: Constance McMillan Invited to Fake Prom

Candace Gingrich-Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Candace Gingrich-Jones

We can all learn a lot from Constance McMillan and how she has handled herself -- when we see something that doesn't seem right, it probably isn't. And it is the responsibility of every one of us to take some kind of action on behalf of fairness.

Constance McMillen, Fake Prom?: Itawamba Dance Was Kept Secret From Lesbian Teen

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

A lesbian teen who successfully sued her Mississippi school for the right to bring her girlfriend to prom was left out and was instead directed to a "...

Meghan Loves to Color

Mary Plummer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Mary Plummer

Six-year old Meghan Lloyd-Winstanley sits in a plastic chair, looking down at her hands, as her mother, Teasha, stands above her recounting a laundry list of problems.

Democrats Are on the Path to Doom -- I Want Off

Mickey Kaus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Mickey Kaus

If you really cared about wages of the working poor -- including the Latino working poor -- you'd want to make sure that this wave of 12 million illegals was the last wave.

Yes on Measure E, Steve Lopez and This Great Kid Named Eli

John Koch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
John Koch

If passed, Measure E would be a good start to helping repair the damage from the state budget cuts that have devastated our city's public schools.

Los Angeles Area High School Students Find a Path to Graduation Through Art

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 06.04.2010 | Los Angeles
Raymond Leon Roker

The HeArt Project is designed specifically for kids who have struggled in traditional educational environments and are at risk of dropping out of high school.

ADDishness and Slogging Through Tax Time

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Susan Stiffelman

As someone who is almost always capable of maintaining good cheer and enjoying myself, the tediousness of entering numbers into Quicken and doing the checks and re-checks is excruciating.

Publicolor Volunteers Brighten NYC Schools With Fresh Paint

Tonic | Diane Herbst | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Day after day, Christina Lebron walked through the gloomy hallways of her Brooklyn high school, the drab beige walls somehow magnifying her depressing...

Club Damani, Harambee School: Cafeteria Of Philadelphia Charter School Doubles As Nightclub

AP | By KATHY MATHESON | Posted 02.09.2012 | Home

PHILADELPHIA -- Who knew a school cafeteria could be so much fun? A space where hundreds of Philadelphia charter school students have been eating the...

Help America's School Lunch Program Make the Grade

Gene Baur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Gene Baur

Challenge the system that allows factory farms to profit off selling unhealthy food to children.

Childhood Obesity Is a Social Justice Issue, Too

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Eric Tipler

Michelle Obama's recent decision to make childhood obesity her personal cause struck me deeply. Childhood obesity isn't just a public health issue, it's a social justice issue.

More Threats to School Diversity

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Marian Wright Edelman

I recently wrote about new challenges to school integration in two North Carolina school districts. The South has been the region that made the most p...

A Graduation Speech for the Adults of California

Gloria Romero | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Gloria Romero

If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to fail one. In this failure, we are all culpable, whether for our actions or for inaction that has allowed the status quo to become mediocrity.

High-Poverty Schools On The Rise; More Students Need Free Lunch

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

The percentage of public schools where more than three quarters of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch – a key indicator of po...

Is the DREAM Act a Military Recruiter's Dream, Too? (VIDEO)

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michelle Chen

While the DREAM Act has inspired bold activism led by educators and students, its status as a pillar of the immigration reform movement may be somewhat undercut by the taint of the military recruitment machine.

VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC SUMMER KICK OFF WITH COLBIE CAILLAT

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michelle Edgar

With music education in danger as funding gets cut, organizations like VH1 Save the Music and Music Unites are more important than ever. Founded in ...

Children Are Not Cheeseburgers

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Susan Sawyers

What's in a name? Nowadays, if it's a school, the name might point to a sea change in what we have always thought public education was all about.

The Ads on the School Bus Go Round and Round

Juli Charkes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Juli Charkes

Should we be further exposing our school kids to commercialization -- even if it means there's some extra cash for school districts at the end of the day?

Bloomberg and Klein's Powerful New Enemies

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Alan Singer

The Bloomberg-Klein machine that runs, and is destroying, the public school system has made some powerful enemies, including the students from University Heights High School in the Bronx.

Brooklyn Children Teach Irish Visitors About Potato Famine

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Alan Singer

The children presented "Big Books" about the amazing potato, the impact of the famine, Irish emigration, and famous Americans of Irish ancestry to President McAleese of Ireland.

How Texas' School Board Tried to Pretend Slavery Never Happened and Why Your Kid's School May Be Next

Bryan Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bryan Monroe

By incorporating their own conservative values into guidelines for history classes, the Texas Board of Education may force the entire nation to adopt their right-wing re-write of history.

Constance McMillen 'Sham' Prom Accusation Denied By Itawamba School District

AP | SHELIA BYRD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

JACKSON, Miss. — A rural Mississippi school district that was sued by a lesbian student who wanted to bring a same-sex date to the high school p...