Education improvement and reform is one of the most difficult political issues in our country. Read more…
(Get Unheard No Longer for the latest in the unheard.)
As poverty advances in both U.S. cities and suburbs, the number of public school children in families considered low-income continues to grow. Given that in theory we still believe that all children deserve real opportunities for an education, public schools are working hard to adjust. Read more…
Following on a recent post about a push in New York state to return to a more sane model of dealing with under-age offenders in the criminal justice system, similar efforts are underway in Wisconsin. Read more…
I’ve been working over this article posted by the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform (NCCPR). It’s a difficult issue to untangle. Read more…
Together, zero tolerance and high-stakes testing have turned schools into hostile and alienating environments for many of our youth, effectively treating them as dropouts-in-waiting. The devastating end result of these intertwined punitive policies is a “school-to-prison pipeline,” in which huge numbers of students throughout the country are treated as if they are disposable, and are being routinely pushed out of school and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Read more…
Just read this. The entire thing.
The perspective it provides on violent child offenders and the criminal justice system is unique.
This article about working-class anger responding to more closure of public resources in favor of private resources is encouraging to read. The brute fact is that if you are working class or even middle class, you are becoming more and more unable to afford key items for your family such as education, health care, and college outside of a cohesive social structure that supports and provides these things for the good of everyone.
Your thoughts?
