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“Standardization” is not a dirty word
Categories: Democracy, Equity
Tags: Civil Rights museum, Equity, finland, good video, Inaugural address, obama, school funding
2 CommentsHow Much Parent Power is Too Much?
Should parents who are unhappy with their local school have the power to replace the entire staff, turn it into a charter school, or shut it down completely – even if just 51% of the school’s families agree? It’s an enticing, polarizing proposal – the so-called “parent trigger.” It’s also now a law in four [...]
Other People’s Children
Last week, CNN reported on recent events in Garfield Heights, Ohio, where austerity measures have led local school officials to shorten the schoolday to five hours, get rid of subjects like art, music, and PE — and send kids home before lunch. What didn’t come out during the piece was that these drastic decisions were fueled in part by the community’s refusal, over a 20 year period, to pass a levy that would help support the schools. Like many places across the country, Garfield Heights’ residents were getting older, its younger people were moving away, and those that remained didn’t see sufficient value in a measure that would be used to support the education of other people’s children.
Categories: Democracy, Learning
Tags: 14th Amendment, CNN, equality, Equity, Garfield Heights, liberty, thurgood marshall, U.S. Supreme Court
3 CommentsIs a Free Education a Fundamental Right?
Should your zip code determine your access to the American dream? Or is the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee to provide “equal protection” a principle we have silently agreed to uphold in theory – but not in practice?
I’m starting to wonder after reading about Tanya McDowell, the Connecticut mother facing felony charges for lying on her five-year-old son’s registration forms so he could attend a better school. McDowell’s story is painfully reminiscent of Kelley Williams-Bolar, the Ohio mother who made a similar choice earlier this year – and is now a convicted felon.
Categories: Democracy, Equity, Learning
Tags: Brown v. Board of Education, CNN, Equity, fairness, Justice, Learning, Rodriguez, thurgood marshall, us supreme court
10 Comments55 Years Later, Doesn’t Every Child Deserve a High-Quality Education?
Today America marks the 55th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s historic victory in Brown v. Board of Education. If Marshall were alive, however, he would urge us to stop celebrating 1954 and start accepting responsibility for our complicity in the creation of a “separate but equal” education apartheid system – with one method of instruction for [...]
Categories: Democracy, Equity, Learning
Tags: 1954, apartheid, brown v board, constitutional amendment, Equity, fairness, thurgood marshall
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