Please watch: “Saving Central”
Last post I wrote about “Resegregation in the American South,” an outstanding article by Nikole Hannah-Jones about resegregation in Tuscaloosa, Ala...
Category: issues in education
Pernicious effects of school resegregation
This article is a hard one to read. But I hope you’ll read it. In “Resegregation in the American South,” Nikole Hannah-Jones tells the story ...
Extra: Parental Involvement Is Overrated
In my Twitter feed this morning was an op-ed in the New York Times that challenges the benefits of parental involvement. Written by two sociology professors, w...
I’m not pro-testing. But this is silly.
Protests against standardized testing are heating up this year as we head into assessment season. Some parents are opting their children out of the mandatory t...
Problems with personal anecdote as evidence: Racism in school discipline is alive and well despite your one story to the contrary
A study released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is causing a big stir. Among its findings, the report concluded that African Ameri...