Breaking the Barriers: Talking About Race in Baltimore
Baltimore in Black and White from Urbanite. Thanks to Michael Corbin for the tip. A number of heavy hitters in education reform name closing the achievement gap as a driving mission. They’re mostly...
View ArticleTwo Year Olds Shooed Off Baltimore City Public School Playground Due to State...
When I picked up my son – age 2.5 – after work today, his babysitter told me that she, along with him and his 2-year-old playmate, had been kicked off the playground behind her house. “Why?” I asked....
View ArticleReflections on Year One of Re:education in Baltimore
Don Quijote and Sancho Panza by Honoré Daumier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A week ago Baltimore storyteller Rafael Alvarez challenged me, over pita points and taramosalata at Samos, to...
View ArticleTen Things You Should’ve Read About Education This Week (in case you haven’t...
Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Original caption: Fig. 1.--Fruit of the pine-apple (''Ananas sativa''), consisting of numerous flowers and bracts united together so as to form a...
View ArticleIs Teacher Quality a Bigger Influence Than Poverty? New Joel Klein Biography...
New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit with students at Explore Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y. By U.S. Department of...
View ArticleRally Tonight in Annapolis for Baltimore City Schools (Quick Links)
Wish every Baltimore City Public School could look something like this? Rally tonight at 6pm on Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis. For more about the issue, click around: Check out this site for all the...
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