On June 29th, the Supreme Court announced that it would rehear Fisher v. Texas, a case where a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin because of her race. In 2013 ProPublica reported, Fisher was a good student, but her grades and test scores weren’t high enough for […]
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NEA Members Announce They Will Fight Institutional Racism. Do They Mean It?
At the National Education Association’s recently concluded annual meeting-a gathering where the country’s largest labor union sets its policy priorities for the coming year-delegates passed several historic measures that committed the union to fighting institutional racism. Perhaps the most notable measure was New Business Item B, which passed unanimously. It opened with language stating that […]
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Will Students Soon Be Tested for ‘Grit’?
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)-nicknamed “the Nation’s Report Card”-is the largest nationally representative assessment that tests what American students know and can do in different subjects. Curiously, it was recently announced that beginning in 2017, NAEP plans to start measuring so-called “non-cognitive skills” like motivation and grit in the background surveys they issue […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Columbia University Was Invested in Incarceration—Until Students Stopped It
Inside the nationwide campaign to keep university endowments out of the prison business.Â
Posted inEducation in America
Will Students Soon Be Tested for ‘Grit’?
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)-nicknamed “the Nation’s Report Card”-is the largest nationally representative assessment that tests what American students know and can do in different subjects. Curiously, it was recently announced that beginning in 2017, NAEP plans to start measuring so-called “non-cognitive skills” like motivation and grit in the background surveys they issue […]
Posted inWorking in America
When Adjuncts Go Union
On campuses across America, contingent faculty are fighting back against low wages and precarious employment.Â
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Sorry, Walmart: Charter Schools Won’t Fix Poverty
The Walton Family Foundation may not want to raise wages or lose tax breaks, but education reform alone can’t reduce income inequality.
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When Charters Go Union
Most charter school funders hate unions and unions generally hate charters. But more and more charter teachers want to unionize, and labor is helping them do it.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Would a Sanders Administration Do on K-12 Education?
The most progressive candidate in 2016 has more work to do in terms of articulating his k-12 ideas on the campaign trail.
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Real Diversity Is About Confronting Power
Names, barriers, and the politics of race in American education.Â
