Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - public school

"Soft bigotry" vs hard numbers

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:07:12 -0500

The No Child Left Behind law is supposed to address "the soft bigotry of low expectations," by holding schools and teachers accountable for teaching all children, regardless of their race, home language, learning style, gender, economic status, etc.

Middle school - still the "Bermuda Triangle" of education

Tue, 30 May 2006 15:09:20 -0500

As a parent, I will be breathing a big sigh of relief in a couple of weeks when my older son leaves middle school behind. And the parents of his classmates tell me they will be doing the same. I'm almost expecting that the entire neighborhood will feel the breeze emanating from the middle school auditorium next Wednesday when the whole ordeal finally ends for the lucky 8th graders and their parents.

Selective listening on education research

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:13:01 -0600

It's hard to say an intriguing piece of research is being ignored by the media when it generates a story in that paragon of the MSM, The New York Times. Still, I was surprised by what seemed to me to be a rather paltry number of news stories covering recent findings from a large-scale, government-funded, peer-reviewed study showing that public school students score as well or better than their peers in private, religious and charter schools in math.

Virtual Reality: Financing Cyber Schools

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:07:08 -0600

How much does it cost to deliver a unit of education -- say, a semester of Algebra I -- through a computer? How does that compare to the cost of doing the same by means of a teacher in a classroom? Is it essentially the same product? And if it is cheaper to explain to teens how to solve for X using the tools the computer age has given us, who should realize the savings?

Charter Schools: Growth and Conflict

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:42:46 -0600

Here's a selection of recent headlines from around the country:
"Charter schools see boom in sign-ups" (Detroit News, Dec. 19)