Photo: “Washington, D.C. Free morning lunch in the kindergarten of a Negro school” (Marjory Collins, 1942)
Please read this heartbreaking Judith Warner post about what we are doing for kids in crisis compared to what was done for them during the Great Depression:
The youth crisis of the 1930s terrified observers and led [...]
A study just came out that debunks Arne Duncan’s Close the Failing School and Everything will be Hunky-Dory Theory. According to Education Week:
A majority of Chicago students affected by school closings were sent to schools that were low-performing, just like those they left behind—moves that had no significant impact on performance for most students, [...]
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“Damn that television … what a bad picture!”
“Don’t get upset, It’s not a major disaster.”
“There’s nothing on tonight,” he said, “I don’t know
what’s the matter!”
“Nothing’s ever [...]
A school in New York is taken over a by a charter that gets rid of a school library with a legacy of volunteerism and community TLC. Could your public school be next?
NONSENSE #3
WHEN PEOPLE ACT OBNOXIOUSLY AND
UNFAIRLY, THEY BECOME BAD, WICKED,
ROTTEN INDIVIDUALS, AND
I AM RIGHT TO BLAME AND DAMN THEM.
You rotten worm! You’re a super slob for
doing that to me, or will become a super slob
if you ever [...]
As my friend Mark reminds me people do carefully read and consider these posts. Here is his thoughtful comment about the previous entry (vis-à-vis the big news of the day) as well as my response:
Mark: I couldn’t quite figure out the tone of your blog post, but 1 in 100 does seem [...]
Some teachers seem to have all the luck. Like Miss X. She has three autistic kids in her class. An accident? I couldn’t really say. Maybe the administration thinks she has a good touch with these kids. She does. Even though she has very little support to see to their needs (and they have many [...]
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