According to a just published report that connects lead exposure to learning disabilities:
The correlation between high lead levels and low test scores carries particular resonance in Detroit, where students have fared poorly on academic achievement tests.
DPS students ranked last in the nation in 2009 on the National Assessment of Education Progress [...]
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 [...]
Got some Obama related Facebook spam from an old friend and was feeling anxious over an informal appeal I was about to make with my wife at Regional Center when I fired off a quick text expressing my disappointment with our president especially when it comes to education and his Secretary of Ed pick. Then [...]
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