Most teachers go into teaching to try to equalize the disparities that are apparent in our current culture. However, in one of the most prestigious universities, Harvard, students say that the school has abandoned the form of teaching social justice in education. A recent...
A former contractor with the New York DOE was arrested yesterday on charges that he stole $3.6 million dollars from the city through contractor kickbacks. Computer consultant Willard Lanham is accused of using the money to buy $600,000 worth of luxury cars which include a...
Parents are really upset with Michael Bloomberg for the Cathie Black fiasco, they are so upset that they are suing him for $100 million. 14 parents along with a group New York Parents Union are filing a lawsuit against the Mayor Of New York for not having the best interest in...
A very interesting TED talk about John Hunter and his World Peace Game. A very interesting experiment on Mr. Hunter's 4th grade students and what arises when you give them power ...
The Bill and Melinda Gates have donated 3 million dollars to Pearsons, an education company, to produce 24 courses in Math an English for kindergarten to 10th grade. The donation would allow 4 courses to be offered for free. The new suite follows the common core, a national...
In what seems like a step in the right direction, Walcott has vowed to reduce school principals paperwork. Now one could see this as a cut to the bureaucratic tape, or one could see this as less paperwork to fire a teacher. Who knows. At least there will be less killing...
City View, a non profit organization, has started its new initiative of coercing truants back into school. Truancy is one of the top concern in NY's education system. The average attendance for students in New York City's public schools have been slowly declining and as...
As the fiscal budget is being finalize, many wonder what will happen to education. Budgets from literally every state will cut funding to education. Teachers, social workers, after school programs will literally be gone. Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, has...
In what seems to be a trend all across the country, teachers will be seeing massive layoffs in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg will finalize his budget next week and it looks grim. In what is considered the 'greatest city in the world' we are looking at one of the...
Each succeeding year, the mass media, political pundits, and social commentators issue dire diatribes on the state of America’s failing educational system. Unfortunately, evidence does seem to support their collective pessimistic view. A comprehensive report issued by...
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