CONTRIBUTOR Don’t Let The Government Take Away Your Public School 12/08/2016 04:18 pm ET | Updated Dec 09, 2016 160 Arthur H. Camins Science Educator, Education Policy Writer. All opinions are his alone. YUKMIN VIA GETTY IMAGES With his selection of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education, Donald Trump has made it clear. He […]
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Engineer Schools for Equity and Integration
THE BLOG Engineer Schools For Equity And Integration 09/12/2016 Across the United States, students have returned to schools that are engineered to be inequitable and segregated. They are designed to protect the privileges of some at the expense of others. They have been that way for a very long time, but that is an intentional […]
The Strange Fruit of the Equity and Empathy Gap
Each morning with alarming regularity, fresh evidence reinforces my perception that the malignancy of virulent hate and violence is worsening. Such is the strange fruit of the equity and empathy gap. It is too easy to succumb to hopelessness. Instead, we need to call out the causes and act. Inequity is the fuel that feeds […]
Who Is In Our Circle of Respect?
Who is in our circle of respect? …. We are at a historic inflection point. On the one hand, ascendant racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and anti-intellectualism harkens back to darker times. On the other, addressing inequity is at the center of the current election cycle. We elected an African-American president twice and the Democratic candidates are a woman and a Democratic-Socialist Jew. […]
Memo to Clinton and Sanders: Competition is Not a Healthy Choice for School Improvement
Competition among schools for students and among parents for entry into schools will not lead to systemic improvement or equity in education. It hasn’t happened anywhere, nor is there evidence that it can….Competition among schools for students and among parents for entry into schools will not lead to systemic improvement or equity in education. It […]
How the Gospel of Pragmatism Undermines Education Improvement
…. At King’s writing in 1963, he decried the entreaties of “moderates” to be patient, to engage in less direct action, to accept slow incremental changes. Today, the brakes on transformational change come with the dogma of pragmatism. Especially in education policy, the politics of social justice and equality denial have taken a more cynical turn. […]
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