The end of the year brings with it a slew of “top 10/best of/worst of” lists. This week’s issue of Time magazine(with Ben Bernanke on the cover as Person of the Year) provides a number of lists, from books to gadgets, business deals to scandals. On the page of Top 10 Essential Stories, there is [...]
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Segregation just isn’t news any more
Posted in Education, Race/ethnicity, Youth, tagged Education, Gary Orfield, Segregation, UCLA Civil Rights Project on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Countering discrimination through education
Posted in Education, General, Race/ethnicity, tagged Education, ethnicity, race on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LA Times reporter Corina Knoll provides a touching tale in her article, “Thanking her for opening my eyes,” of how important teachers can be in shaping how we view others and the world. She explains how Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliot helped her third grade class understand the dynamics and consequences of racism in the wake [...]
Homeless children: a national disgrace
Posted in Affordable Housing, Education, Health, Homelessness, Poverty, tagged deep poverty, Education, food security, Health, homeless children, Homelessness, Poverty on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The National Center on Family Homelessness NCFH today released a report outlining the extent of homelessness among children in the U.S. In America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness, NCFH researchers found: More than 1.5 million children are homeless annually in the United States—one in every 50 American children. 42 percent of homeless [...]
We all should care about the state of public education
Posted in Data, Education, Race/ethnicity, tagged Economy, Education, Employment on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good public education has long been a staple of American democracy and social mobility; but that promise is increasingly threatened. Nowhere is this more evident than in the state where I live, California. The Golden State’s educational system from kindergarten to the university was affordable and excellent for decades; but today we have a system [...]
