The House of Representatives last week passed the GIVE Act, which would, among other things, provide up to $6 billion in federal funds to increase AmeriCorps, expand volunteers to 250,000 (up from 75,000 currently), increase education funding, expand service-learning for K-12 education and colleges...
Will There Be "Urban" Poverty in the Future? From the Inner-City to the Doughnut
If it continues (and it likely will), the continuing geographical shift of concentrated poverty from the central city to the suburbs will deeply affect visions of "urban education." Our current model is based on the idea that concentrated poverty around cities is focused in central city areas. What...
Tales for Little Rebels: An Anthology of Radical Children's Literature
Of course I must get this book. Tales for Little Rebels is the first anthology of radical children’s literature published in the United States. . . . .Tales for Little Rebels . . . explores the inherently political nature of kid lit through an expansive collection of examples. In his foreword, folklorist...
Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success
New paper by David Berliner. Nicely done summary of the effects of non-school issues on school performanc...
Kevin Welner's "Neovouchers" - a review
The debate over school choice now clearly needs to be expanded. Kevin Welner, an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Colorado and director of their The Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC) is uniquely positioned to examine the material, holding both a Ph. D. in Educational...
‘Tidal wave’ of homeless students hits schools
From MSNBC:In Vista, Calif., about 35 miles north of San Diego, the population of homeless kids in the local school district reached 2,542 this year — about 9 percent of the student body and nearly 10 times the number just two years ago. . . .In a voluntary survey late last year by the association...