Charter Schools: Resegregating America?
Are charter schools helping to resegregate public schools? A just-released study states flatly that they are. The Washington Post reports that:
“Seven out of 10 black charter school students are on campuses with extremely few white students, according to a new study of enrollment trends that shows the independent public schools are less racially diverse than their traditional counterparts.
The School of Hard Knocks
Poverty is corrosive to school kids. Many of them suffer in silence while their families either spiral into homelessness or frantically struggle to maintain the façade that all is well.
‘LGBT Content. Access Denied’
A couple of years ago, an acquaintance who worked at the local college where I was teaching had trouble sending and receiving emails. She couldn’t, for the life of her, figure out why. Then an IT administrator clued her in: Her first name—Gay—triggered the school’s Internet filters. They were set to block any references to homosexuality, gender identity, etc.
The Spirit of Greensboro
Black History Month gets underway this year by honoring a memorable milestone. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins.
Tell The World Why You Teach
Why do you teach? We know it’s not the hours or the glory. So what is it that drives you and brings you back to the classroom year after year?
