This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. It was also made possible by funding from New World Foundation’s Civic Opportunities Initiative Network. It was originally published by NEWSWEEK. Long before Sci Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, had graduated its first senior class, the school was being...
Read More...In 30 years, we’ve undone many of the most important social achievements put in place to protect and support children. From the 1930s to 1980, childhood in America became a cherished space for youngsters to grow in. After 1980, and with increasing furor, that space has been under assault and childhood terribly compromised. Look at...
Read More...At the New World Foundation we continue to think about schools and that public education is a critical component of any serious effort to establish strong equality. Increasingly, reform efforts are making schools less and less open to the diverse population of students, unresponsive to learning styles and punitive in approach. As the country gets...
Read More...This post was originally published in the New York Times Opinion Pages. It can viewed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/opinion/the-hidden-costs-of-higher-ed.html?_r=0 OVER the next few weeks, millions of Americans will be heading off to college, and despite the promise of need-blind admissions, more of them than ever will be struggling to pay for it. It’s not just the economy’s...
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