Talking about Racism in Ed Week
Michael Holzman reminds us why we have the schools we have. NCSC follows up with a letter on repairing the Sandoval lever. New York Sun July 11, 2008
Group wants parent, student unions to have say on schools. Life without Lockdown: Do Peaceful Schools Require High-Profile Policing?
NCSC joins Annenberg and Make the Road NY in critiquing policing in schools.
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Providing policy analysis, data, and technical assistance for grassroots efforts to win quality public schools in low-income communities and communities of color. "These are all our children. We will all profit by, or pay for, whatever they become." James Baldwin NYS School Boards Beware of Property Tax Cap Officials from MA and CA Warn
The Executive Directors of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees and the California School Boards Association explain to their colleagues in the New York State School Boards Association why Albany's proposal for a tax cap is bad news for public schools. Click below for their op ed pieces in the August 4, 2008 edition of On Board, "The Voice of Public School Leadership" in New York State. Click here for link to full articles.
The YRNES Report 2008Youth Researchers for a New Education System (YRNES) is a partner in the Education Is a Human Right Campaign. We are pleased to host the Internet launch of the The YRNES Report 2008. Drawing on surveys collected on the street and on line as well as focus groups that provided moving testimony, this carefully crafted report explores the uncensored opinions of New York City public school students. Click here to read or download The YRNES Report 2008. YRNES Problem Tree
Click here to view the Problem Tree developed by YRNES to display their analysis of the complicated system of root causes, systemic problems, and day-to-day symptoms facing students and parents in the New York City public schools. Should We Ban Standardized Test Scores as Research Measures?If high stakes testing has pernicious effects on children, the quality of their educational experience, and their future opportunities, should "human subject" research legitimize test results as indicators? Read James H. Nehring's challenge to researchers and evaluators.http://www.ncscatfordham.org/pages/doinggggg.cfm
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