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by Michelle Chen on April 14 2009, 8:36PM
How long does it take to make a child give up on school? Since the 2003 academic year, Boston has pushed public school students with limited English ability—who speak everything from Cantonese to Haitian Creole—into “Sheltered English Immersion” programs….
Topics: Immigration, Schools & Youth
by Michelle Chen on April 7 2009, 2:08PM
The college campus is supposed to provide a nesting ground for lively debate. But some recent controversies hint that political polarization is making the ivory tower unsafe for dissent. The case of University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Ward…
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Michelle Chen on April 6 2009, 1:29PM
The so-called academic achievement gap is a stark measure of the country’s deep racial and class divisions. Various theories have emerged—about institutionalized racism, educational inequality, family “culture,” and psychological stressors—to explain why some children thrive and others seem to…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Oakland’s Young People Respond [VIDEO]
by Guest Columnist on April 2 2009, 10:58AM
by Nick James, Charles McDonald This past November Oakland voters approved a measure that would increase funding to after school programs and services, overwhelmingly supporting youth of color. Unfortunately, after the election some members of the council passed a…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth
What Tuesday’s Robbery of Oakland Tech Students Says About the City [Op-Ed]
by Guest Columnist on March 31 2009, 5:58AM
Does Anybody Care? What Tuesday’s Robbery of Oakland Tech Students Says About the City by Nick James & Charles McDonald Editor’s Note: The events discussed below took place on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Imagine being an Oakland youth traveling miles…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Higher learning headed downward
by Michelle Chen on March 30 2009, 9:12PM
The fiscal crisis besieging state budgets is stretching America’s bootstrap mentality to a breaking point. Most states have slashed funds for higher education, including the community colleges and public universities that provide a critical avenue for low-income youth of…
Topics: Economy, Immigration, Schools & Youth
New Money but Old Formulas Mean Schools Get Unequal Funds
by Yvonne Yen Liu on March 27 2009, 6:00AM
Within weeks, monies from the approved stimulus bill will trickle down to schools nation-wide. For some states, the funds are a lifesaver, staving off mass layoffs of teachers in Alabama, and providing a needed infusion of cash for schools who…
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Michelle Chen on March 24 2009, 4:15PM
If you’re a kid in a New York City classroom, there’s a good chance that your parents, and maybe you, were not born in the United States; there’s also a good chance that when it comes to participating in…
Topics: Immigration, Schools & Youth
by Guest Columnist on March 23 2009, 11:26AM
by Thomas Morse (This post originally appeared on The Teacher Lounge.) Lost in the outcries over the state budget and the painful cuts to our schools is the racial impact of those cuts. If the youngest teachers in California are…
Topics: Schools & Youth
The War on Terror Fuels Racial Bullying
by Julianne Hing on March 17 2009, 12:00PM
Community advocates demand policy changes as Sikh kids face more violence.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Recruitment Alone Not Enough to Get Kids to College
by Guest Columnist on March 10 2009, 1:46PM
by Viany Orozco (This post originally appeared on the Demos blog) (photo by Elaine Faith) A recent report analyzing the racial and income diversity of the student body at Sonoma State University (SSU) in California found that SSU, “has recently…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Cradles, Classrooms, Paddles and Prisons
by Michelle Chen on March 2 2009, 10:15PM
The Children’s Defense Fund and other advocacy organizations convened in California last week at the National Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summit. The conference built on the progress of an ongoing campaign to raise consciousness about the criminalization of youth, barriers…
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Michelle Chen on February 27 2009, 5:03PM
Is the Obama administration on the honors track to bridging the racial and economic disparities that plague our public schools? The President has proposed several initiatives that appear to target inequities in teacher quality and student performance. His budget…
Topics: Schools & Youth
College Acceptance Rates Rise in Unlikely School Setting
by Guest Columnist on February 20 2009, 2:43PM
By Jamilah King This post originally appeared on WireTap. Excellent news in San Francisco. June Jordan High School for Equity, a relatively new alternative public school in the city’s Excelsior district, has one of the highest college acceptance rates in…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Narrowing the gates to opportunity
by Michelle Chen on February 16 2009, 6:08PM
As some doors open for immigrants and others close, the gateway to citizenship remains mired in politics. The Pentagon is attempting to pull more immigrants into its ranks with a new“fast-track” to full legal status. The aim is to draw…
Topics: Immigration, Schools & Youth
Children of the foreclosure crisis
by Michelle Chen on February 9 2009, 6:41PM
Will the wave of foreclosures now engulfing the country create a new homelessness crisis? The youngest victims are emerging: the children whose families and educational futures are suddenly uprooted as the housing market spirals into free-fall. Though comprehensive school enrollment…
Topics: Economy, Schools & Youth
Assessing Racial Equity Impacts in the Stimulus - Part II (Education)
by Dom Apollon on February 5 2009, 4:29PM
The figure above shows that if the House stimulus package passes, the District of Columbia, which is 2/3 people of color, is likely to receive a good chunk of change for school modernization in comparison to the rest of…
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Seth Freed Wessler on January 6 2009, 12:00PM
It was to have been the country’s first public school teaching Arabic and English. Today, the Khalil Gibran International Academy is mired in fear and tension.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Obama advisor John Jackson endorses the Compact for Racial Justice
by Tammy Johnson on December 18 2008, 2:21PM
In times of uncertainty it is good to have like-minded friends in high places. ARC ally, Dr. John H. Jackson, President and CEO of The Schott Foundation for Public Education, is definitely one to count on. Jackson was recently…
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Obama’s Education Decision. A Bit of Back Story
by Seth Freed Wessler on December 15 2008, 8:24AM
Obama has yet to appoint an education secretary and those rising to the top of the list present starkly different visions of what education should look like. The inclusion of Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford professor and education expert with…
Topics: Schools & Youth
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