By Linda Christensen
A master teacher responds to the endangerment of our youth with powerful essays and powerful essay writing.
Lindsay Ferriter
By looking at a novel contrapuntally, we take into account intertwined histories and perspectives. Specifically, contrapuntal analysis, developed by Edward W. Said, is used in interpreting colonial texts, considering the perspectives of both the colonizer and the colonized.
June 12, 2012, 7:20PM
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, after weeks of tense negotiations, finally gained the legislative approval he needed on Tuesday to carry out his plan to reform the city's troubled schools. Full story »
Cleveland Education Plan: Executive Summary.
Early Teaching Contract -- 1905
John Dewey: Philosophy of Education
John Dewey, American Pragmatist
Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding
The mission of the Coalition is to secure high quality educational opportunities for all Ohioschool children without diminishing opportunities for students who reside in high capacity districts.
The Ohio Fair Schools Campaign
The mission of the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign
is to organize and advocate for high-quality
public education opportunities for all Ohio children
wherever they live, whatever their race and
whatever their family background.
COMMON SCHOOL PERIOD
Timeline from the University of North Dakota, outlining the institution of Education during this period of American history.
<a href="http://0-america.eb.com.library.jcu.edu/" _mce_href="http://0-america.eb.com.library.jcu.edu/">Annals of American History</a>
Encyclopedia Britanica’s online timeline project of United States history. Includes multimedia.
Timeline of United States history
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The McGuffey Reader
Earliest textbooks published in America.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of whatAmerica's students know and can do in various subject areas.
The Deployment of Technology (Through Ohio Link)
In this chapter, I’ve written about industrial and post-industrial versions of the hidden curriculum.
The College Dropout Boom
Article implicitly addressing issues of merit abstract from The New York Times 24 May, 2005.
The Myth of the Meritocracy
By Robert W. Fuller
America is a meritocracy in name only. While opportunity is more equal than in aristocracies, it is still far from merit-based. The last half-century has seen an assault on race, gender, and age-based barriers to equal opportunity, but the playing field upon which Americans compete is still a steep hill, not a level playing field. From Breakingrank.com June 20, 2005.
Photographs from the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, PA.
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The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
The largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
NCLR addresses the issue of education through a complementary, two-part approach. NCLR’s education program services and activities are targeted to nearly 300 affiliated organizations while its education policy work addresses national issues in public education.
Arizona's Immigration Law: a Modern Expression of Manifest Destiny
By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez / New America Media
Raza Studies, Occupied America, Mexican American Heritage And The ...
Sep 17, 2009 ... This is a little old, but it seems that it is being "scrubbed" from the net. It covers what is going on in our schools under the guise of ...
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