By Lawrence Blum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “Why would slaves be interested in Christianity when we saw that slave owners used Christianity to justify slavery and oppress black people?” asked Hannah, a white student. “Jesus too was oppressed, as blacks were, and God was on the side of oppressed people who would eventually triumph over their oppression … [Read more...] about “Race, Anyone? High School Students Can Show the Way” by Lawrence Blum (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
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“Education as a Civic Right: Using Schools to Challenge the Civic Empowerment Gap” by Meira Levinson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
By Meira Levinson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Each semester I taught eighth-grade “Civics in Action” in the Boston Public Schools (BPS), students were required to take a standardized End-of-Course Assessment. One question asked them to select an issue “of importance to your school, your community, the country, the world and you.” Students were … [Read more...] about “Education as a Civic Right: Using Schools to Challenge the Civic Empowerment Gap” by Meira Levinson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
“What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse Society” by Amy Stuart Wells (September-October 2012 P&R Issue)
By Amy Stuart Wells (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 2011, for the first time, less than half of the babies born in the U.S. were white and non-Hispanic. Instead, the majority of newborns were Latino, African American, Asian and/or Native American, a sign that the identity of our nation is changing, as are the social and cultural skills needed to … [Read more...] about “What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse Society” by Amy Stuart Wells (September-October 2012 P&R Issue)
“Segregation and Exposure to High-Poverty Schools in Large Metropolitan Areas: 2008-09” by Nancy McArdle, Theresa L. Osypuk & Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (November-December 2010 P&R Issue)
By Nancy McArdle, Theresa L. Osypuk & Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Schools are a key environment influencing child development, and research has documented the negative effects of concentrated-poverty schools as well as the advantages of racially/ethnically diverse learning environments. Yet minority children continue to … [Read more...] about “Segregation and Exposure to High-Poverty Schools in Large Metropolitan Areas: 2008-09” by Nancy McArdle, Theresa L. Osypuk & Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (November-December 2010 P&R Issue)
“Universal Access to Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification” by Carol Corbett Burris, Kevin Welner and Junnifer Weiser Bezoza (January-February 2010 P&R Issue)
By Carol Corbett Burris, Kevin Welner and Jennifer Weiser Bezoza (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This is a summary of a 46-page, Dec. 2009 Legislative Policy Brief. Ronnie and Tyrone are both former students at South Side High School in Long Island, New York. They both were raised in public housing, they are both African-American, and they both entered high … [Read more...] about “Universal Access to Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification” by Carol Corbett Burris, Kevin Welner and Junnifer Weiser Bezoza (January-February 2010 P&R Issue)
