This is a clip from an old Milton Friedman documentary, but the issues are just as real today. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMgz2W3taw8] That was clip 2. Here is clip 1 and 3.
Mark my word. When warning labels on cigarettes did not work, smoking was banned in some buildings. Then it became mandatory in most buildings. Then the ban became law. Restaurants followed suit. Now the latest trend: banning it completely within the city limits. Nutrition: Soda Ban in Schools Has Little Impact By ERIC NAGOURNEY NYTimes.com […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Interesting read I found over at philly.com. The lament of a black teacher A LETTER TO the African-American student longing for an African-American teacher: I am an African-American teacher who retired early – and I must admit that I miss you. After reading the article about the high school students longing for teachers of their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eyebrows raised over city school policy that sets 50% as minimum score By Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Public Schools officials say they want to give struggling children a chance, but the district is raising eyebrows with a policy that sets 50 percent as the minimum score a student can receive for assignments, tests and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a post I did back in ’04 The School System: A National Lab Project “…your son will never be college material.” (courtesy of my “guidance” counselor) “…your lips are just too big to play the trumpet.” “…your son needs to go to our ‘special’ class…” “and, of course “nigga” “nigga” and “nigga” These […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of y’all may have remember me covering all the drama surrounding Locke High School in Los Angeles last year. In short, there was a much heated battle between parents and some teachers versus the local teachers union who was against allowing Green Dot (a for profit entity) to manage the school as a charter. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Black teachers in Phila. schools: A vanishing breed
Michelle Rhee talks about how she’s cleaning up D.C. schools. Video 1, Video 2
H/T to a reader that sent this to me UCLA official resigns over admissions concerns He suspects cheating in racial admissions, which are banned by state law. By MARLA JO FISHER The Orange County Register LOS ANGELES – A professor who said he suspects UCLA is cheating to illegally admit black students resigned Thursday from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As many of you already know, I am a full supporter of school choice. While I agree that there are many very good public schools out there, I do not believe that parents should be at the mercy of politcal promises to magically improve schools with more funding (a trick that has rarely worked). If […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From NPR’s Tell Me More This week’s Mocha Moms — Jolene Ivey, Cheli English Figaro, Joby Dupree and Shawn Spence — discuss the benefits and challenges of home schooling. [Link to page with audio file]
What do you do when only 37% of just the Black males alone in your school system graduate high school (Illinois is ranked 43 in the country for graduating Black males) and you blame much of that on school funding? You demand daddy government to pay his child support. In other words, BOYCOTT! A school […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pinellas County’s black male drop-out rate among the worst tampabays10.com St. Petersburg, Florida — When it comes to helping African-American males graduate high school, Pinellas County gets a failing grade. In fact, a new study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education suggests the countywide school district is not even close to getting a passing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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