New Orleans School Miracle Myth | The Case for Politics in the Classroom | The Ugly War Against Grad Students |Charters Gone Wild

EDUCATION: TOP STORIES THIS WEEK - November 27, 2017 The New Orleans School Miracle is a Myth By Editors of the New Orleans Tribune, The New Orleans Tribune New Orleans' African American newspaper offers a brutal assessment of the city's experiment with school privatization.  READ MORE» Why Keeping Politics Out of the Classroom Is a Disaster for Democracy By Jennifer Berkshire, AlterNet In our hyper-polarized times, public schools should confront controversial topics head on. READ MORE» The Teaching of Evolution Banned in Turkey, While Conservatives Work Hard to Erode the Role of Science in U.S. Schools By Matthew James Seidel, AlterNet In both countries, religious extremists are expanding schools that privilege religion over science. READ MORE» The State That Betsy DeVos Holds Up As A Model Is Hemorrhaging Teachers By Peter Greene, Curmudgucation Betsy DeVos constantly invokes Florida as a model for states to emulate, but teachers are fleeing Sunshine State classrooms and the problem is only going to get worse. READ MORE» There Is an Ugly War Being Waged Against Poverty-Stricken Grad Students By Jill Richardson, OtherWords Imagine having to pay thousands of dollars of taxes on virtually no income. READ MORE» Our Public Schools Have a Diversity Problem—And Maybe They Like it That Way By Rann Miller, AlterNet A raft of new research suggests black students should be taught by black teachers.  READ MORE» Why School Shooter Drills Are Terrifying Nonsense By Carrie Kirby, Medium Teaching kids to hide from a gunman isn't doing something about our nation's monstrous gun violence problem—it's just adapting to it. READ MORE» Investigative Report: Charter Schools Gone Wild By Alan Singer, Huffington Post A new report finds that unregulated charter schools are increasingly the 'Wild West' of education. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com View this mailing as a webpage. SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703