by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 12, 2015 | Education
Rev. William Barber, the president of the NAACP's North Carolina chapter and the leader of the state's "Moral Mondays" movement joined education advocates in New York State today in a protest against inequitable education funding. The protest coincided with a report...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 9, 2015 | Education
Even today, it can still be stunning sometimes how unadorned conservatives can be in their contempt for ordinary people and their struggles. Take Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, who complains that President Obama's proposal for free community college is "merely a construct...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Education
So far, most predictions for education policy in 2015 are pretty dreary. NPR's Claudio Sanchez sees a series of bad to worse situations: "standardized testing under fire … more troubles for the Common Core … Vergara fallout … Ferguson effect." Ugh. According to Alyson...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Education
Since it’s the time of the year when newspapers, websites, and television talk shows scan their archives to pick the person, place, or thing that sums up the year in entertainment, business, sports, or every other venue, why not do that for education, too? In 2014...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Education
Every school day in the Lincoln Park community on the North Side of Chicago greets students with well-appointed institutions that include some of the best facilities that American public schools have to offer. Click over to the Yelp ratings for the elementary schools...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Education
"Stop using tests to try to drive education reform." That's the conclusion from a recent in-depth report examining the pros and cons of new education standards called the Common Core and the standardized tests that accompany the new achievement targets. The report,...
