A sensible set of arguments by Diane Ravitch. If you don’t read the whole article this quote will help you to get the point: “If we really cared about improving the education of all students, we would give teachers the autonomy to...
Read more10 Points of Advice by Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera served as a keynote speaker at the AASA-Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy Inaugural Conference on Aug. 28, 2015. He offered 10 points of advice to attendees, comprised of educators who have enrolled in the AASA-Howard...
Read moreAmerican Students of Color in Unequal Education Systems
“Our systemic failure to educate some groups of children as well as others tears at the moral fabric of the nation.” With evidence of racial disparities in the disciplining of children beginning in preschool, we can expect students of...
Read moreCuba’s Efforts to Combat Racism through Hip-Hop
Interesting article on the current state of race relations in Cuba. They have a long way to go but at least they’re trying. “[The Cuban government] expected racism to wither away once its perceived structural bases were dismantled. It did...
Read moreThe Importance of Diversity in Literature
Dominican novelist Junot Diaz explains why diversity matters in the choice of literature and authors that students read. “You look at this country and you look at this world and you need to understand it in complex ways,” Diaz said, citing...
Read moreSmall Steps to Integration in New York Schools
De Blasio inherited a segregated school system where poor kids in the poorest neighborhoods were largely relegated to under-resourced schools. Despite his pledge to focus on reducing inequality, he’s done very little to address this issue...
Read moreHow a single-sex school in East Harlem offered young women a path out of poverty
As we continue to identify ways to break down barriers to opportunity and close the college access gap, we can look to an education model that took shape twenty years ago with 56 girls in East Harlem. When the seventh-graders walked through the...
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