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VideoJudge OKs Using L.A. Student Test Scores for Teacher Job Reviews
by Jorge Rivas on June 11 2012, 5:28PM
A Los Angeles judge has issued a tentative ruling and ordered the L.A. Unified School District to use student achievement in reviewing instructors. L.A. Times has more details on today’s ruling: L.A. County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant upheld…
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
DREAMers at NY High School Inspire Community to Drop The I-Word
by Jorge Rivas on June 7 2012, 6:21PM
A group of students at Flushing International High School (FIHS) that are part of a DREAM are raising awareness about the Drop the ‘I-Word Campaign and how the ‘I’ word impacts their life.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
There’s an App for That: Reporting NYPD Stop and Frisks
by Jorge Rivas on June 6 2012, 11:24AM
The app allows bystanders to fully document stop-and-frisk encounters and alert community members when a street stop is in progress.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Mom Locked Up For Cheering Too Loudly at High School Graduation
by Jorge Rivas on June 6 2012, 10:30AM
A South Carolina mom was arrested on Saturday for cheering at her daughter’s high school graduation for yelling “yay, my baby made it” too loud.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Diane Tran, Jailed Texas Honor Student, Turns Down 100K
by Jorge Rivas on June 1 2012, 1:54PM
Earlier this week Diane Tran made national headlines after a Texas judge threw 17-year-old teen in jail for missing school.
Topics: Economy, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Dad Who Fears Heights Rides Ferris Wheel for 25 Hours to Raise Money
by Jorge Rivas on June 1 2012, 1:21PM
On Friday morning Gus Martinez broke the world record for the longest time spent on a Ferris wheel.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
NYC Budget Cuts Could Displace 10,800 Low-Income Kids
by Jorge Rivas on June 1 2012, 11:12AM
Day care centers in the city’s Latino, Asian and black communities are the hardest hit.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
More Than Half of Black Male Students in Oakland Schools May Drop Out
by Jorge Rivas on May 30 2012, 5:00PM
From kindergarten through 12th grade, black boys struggled with attendance, suspension, and maintaining a C average, according to the research reports.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Texas Judge Throws Working High School Student in Jail
by Jorge Rivas on May 29 2012, 10:50AM
A judge threw a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student n jail for tardiness and truancy at school but there is a lot more to the story.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
What Fires Young Progressives’ Activism? A New Study Asks Them
by Rinku Sen on May 24 2012, 9:49AM
In one of the first studies involving Occupy participants, the Applied Research Center gathered young activists from multiple movements in focus groups to ask, What propels you to the political frontline?
Topics: #Occupy, Politics, Rinku Sen, Schools & Youth, Youth and Race
Fewer Blacks and Latinos Entering CUNY, Nation’s Largest Urban Colleges
by Jorge Rivas on May 23 2012, 4:50PM
A new report has found that as more New Yorkers are returning to school, black and Latino students are having a tough time competing against students with higher SAT scores and grade point averages.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Seven-Year-Old Aspiring Rapper Mir Money Breaks Down on ‘America’s Got Talent’
by Jorge Rivas on May 23 2012, 1:47PM
Leave it to Howard Stern to make a 7-year old cry.
Topics: Media, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Meet the Nguyen Seniors Whose Yearbook Quotes Went Viral
by Jorge Rivas on May 22 2012, 4:30PM
Meet Presentation High School seniors Alexandra, Angela, Angelica, Elizabeth, Emily, Isabella, Madeline, and Vi Nguyen who submitted senior quotes for the yearbook that once combined read “We know what you’re thinking, and no, we’re not related!”
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Louisiana School Psychologist: ‘Young Black Thugs Who Won’t Follow the Law Need to Be Put Down’
by Jorge Rivas on May 22 2012, 1:51PM
“Young Black Thugs who won’t follow the law need to be put down not incarcerated. Put down like the Dogs they are!” read one tweet made by Mark Traina, the Jefferson Parish school psychologist, who has worked with alternative schools and in central administration.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Most immigrants Sent Back to Mexico Detained at Work or Home, Border Apprehensions Decline
by Jorge Rivas on May 21 2012, 5:18PM
While the number of people crossing from Mexico into the United States has fallen to 40 year lows, the rates of deportation have reached historic highs.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Second Grader Removed From School for Honoring MLK with Blackface
by Jorge Rivas on May 21 2012, 11:28AM
A Colorado Springs second grader showed up to school in blackface.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Native American Mascots Banned in Oregon Schools, Board of Education Rules
by Julianne Hing on May 18 2012, 12:01PM
The new policy, in the works for six years, is one of the strictest in the country.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth, Sports
Kelley Williams-Bolar’s Long, Winding Fight to Educate Her Daughters
by Julianne Hing on May 16 2012, 9:30AM
When the Ohio mom was prosecuted last year for sending her daughters to a neighboring school district, her story became a cause celebre. Now, she’s joined a growing movement for more parental control over school reform. But is it just a front for privatization?
Topics: Dispatches, Education Reform, Schools & Youth
DREAMers Sue U.S. Senate for Blocking DREAM Act with Filibuster
by Jorge Rivas on May 15 2012, 3:13PM
Undocumented youth to sue U.S. Senate for blocking DREAM Act legislation with filibuster rule.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Gay Teen Expelled in Stun Gun School Case Attacked at Mall
by Jorge Rivas on May 15 2012, 11:40AM
The teen’s alleged attacker, Khyran R. Delay, 34, has been charged with battery.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
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