What follows is a presentation made on October 11, 2014, at the Public Education Nation event, hosted by the Network for Public Education. The entire panel discussion can be viewed here. By Wendy Lecker. I have come to think of the charter school movement as a failed experiment on our children. In terms of their …
What follows is a presentation made at the Network for Public Education’s October 11, 2014 event, PUBLIC Education Nation. The entire panel can be viewed on video here. By Rosa Rivera-McCutchen. In thinking about my remarks for today’s panel, I thought it useful to draw upon Dr. Martin Luther King, …
By Paul Horton. An important new study, The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson, casts doubt on the current policy push to starve neighborhood public schools and fund charter schools that are not connected to …
by Aixa Rodriguez. 1. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? Educators are on the front line when it comes to dealing with the effects of tragic events. When it comes to the Michael Brown shooting the the subsequent …
By Lucianna Sanson. 1. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? Our response as educators should be to speak up about these issues and raise awareness about the institution of racism in America. White people, …
By Xian Barrett. 1. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? We must acknowledge the fact that if our students feel as if we don’t care if they live or die, there is literally no way we can engage them in an …
by Yohuru Williams. 1. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? One of the most important things to remember is that the Michael Brown shooting, like any teachable moment, is an opportunity for educators to help …
By Adam Bessie. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? Without doubt, there is a cone of silence around race in the education dialogue from white teachers – and I include myself in this. Part of this …
By Denisha Jones. 1. In terms of a response to the Michael Brown shooting, what is our responsibility as educators and citizens who care about social justice? I think our responsibility is to help our colleagues and neighbors understand why the death of Michael Brown and the response in Ferguson is an educational …
By Paul Horton. Part three of three. Perhaps even more alarming than the Obama administration is the recent campaign headed up by former CNN and CNBC talk show host Campbell Brown and former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs against teacher tenure. Energized by the apparent success of the Vergara decision, the …
