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Why the Illusion of a Violent Generation Endures
Photograph By Todd Heisler/The New York Times, via Redux By Bonnie Bertram | Originally Published at The Daily Beast. April 8, 2014 In a matter of weeks last fall, several Brooklyn residents—from a 78-year-old woman to a 19-year-old man—were attacked in the street with a swift “knock […]
We Need to Talk About the Test
By Elizabeth Phillips | Originally Published at The New York Times. April 9, 2014 I’D like to tell you what was wrong with the tests my students took last week, but I can’t. Pearson’s $32 million contract with New York State to design the exams prohibits the […]
APR 09
Why Are Teachers and Students Opting Out of Standardized Testing?
Briana Griffiths, 9, studies for her English test. More than 1.2 million children statewide, including 450,000 in New York City, took new state exams over six school days. By Michelle Chen | Originally Published at The Nation. April 7, 2014 After years of drilling, assessing and scoring […]
Report Warns Of “Hyper-Segregated” Charters
New York State has received their just reward, the highest dishonor. The schools statewide are known to engage in “double segregation.” Students are increasingly isolated not only by race, but also by income. A Black or Latino student in New York State likely attends a school with […]
APR 08
Charter School Refugees
By Andrea Gabor | Originally Published at The New York times. April 4, 2014 LAST week, the New York State Legislature struck a deal ensuring that charter schools in New York City would have access to space, either in already crowded public school buildings or in rented […]
The School-to-Prison Pipeline Can Be Stopped – Which ‘Culture’ Will We Adopt?
Harsh school policies and practices and an increased role of law enforcement in schools have combined to create a “schoolhouse-to-prison pipeline,” particularly our Black young. Huge numbers of children and youth, are pushed out of school and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. | Screen Shot […]
APR 07
Charter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?
Is public education doomed to destruction? Has it already been done in? Everyone has an opinion. The question is will the Vergara v. California court decision permanently define what might be? Will education equity be set free? Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the case and examines the […]
State Board Tone-Deaf To Needs Of The Child
Stamford Charter School for Excellence applicant Charlene Reid listens to public comment in front of the State Board of Education in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Photo: Brian A. Pounds | Buy this photo By Wendy Lecker | Originally Published at StamfordAdvocate. April 4, 2014 […]
33,000 New York Children Skip Standardized Tests
By Petr Svab | Originally Published at Epoch Times. April 6, 2014 Photograph; Danny Katch attends a test opt-out rally near his daughter’s school, P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, April 1. (Petr Svab/Epoch Times) NEW YORK—Last week was quite different for Lila, 9, compared to most […]
APR 06
Education Election – Parents Empowered
Photograph; Steve Johnson, an Amundsen High School Local School Council member, recommends that the council craft a letter opposing CPS budget cuts. | DNAInfo/Patty West Beginning April 7th parents once again will take action. Some will vote and countless of these will be on the ballot. Those […]
APR 05
Can Schools Be Held Accountable Without Standardized Tests?
By Katrina Schwartz | Originally Published at MindShift. April 2, 2014 The focus on scoring well on standardized tests has wedged educators into a difficult spot. Teachers are concerned that a poor showing on the tests will jeopardize school funding, or even their jobs, and often feel […]
In Defense of Poetry: “Oh My Heart”
“No, no. You’ve got something the test and machines will never be able to measure: you’re artistic. That’s one of the tragedies of our times, that no machine has ever been built that can recognize that quality, appreciate it, foster it, sympathize with it.” Paul Proteus to his wife Anita in Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano “So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the wh
In Defense of Poetry
“No, no. You’ve got something the test and machines will never be able to measure: you’re artistic. That’s one of the tragedies of our times, that no machine has ever been built that can recognize that quality, appreciate it, foster it, sympathize with it.” Paul Proteus to his wife Anita in Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano “So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the wh
Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity
In-Press from Routledge Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity Foreword: Education and the Epochal Crisis Peter McLaren Introduction: Social Context Reform: A Pedagogy of Equity and Opportunity Brad Porfilio, Julie Gorlewski, Paul R. Carr, and P.L. Thomas, Editors Part 1: Social Reform for Equity and Opportunity 1. De