Recently, a Texas city council member, Connie Trube, was caught on audio tape blaming a failing school system on “those blacks.” Field director for the Democratic Party in Fort Bend County Sarah Slamen spoke about it to MSNBC’s Eric Dyson, “Racism isn’t limited to Texas — we’re just more out and proud with it. We […]
We hear a lot about how schools and educators are failing our youth so when a story about a trailblazing teacher enters the picture, there is reason to celebrate. Annie Delgado teaches a women’s studies class at Buhach Colony High School in Atwater California. She has received a key state award for her groundbreaking efforts […]
A San Bernardino County school board says it is “deeply sorry” for asking middle-school students to debate whether the Holocaust really happened. NBC4 reports that Rialto school officials at a “contentious meeting Wednesday evening” called the debate a “horribly inappropriate assignment” and that School Board President Joanne T. Gilbert said school district leadership “accepts responsibility […]
The parents of kindergarten students at an Elwood, New York, school are being told by school officials that their children need to spend more time on college and career preparation. Principal Ellen Best-Laimit of Harley Avenue Primary School canceled the annual kindergarten play, according to New York Post. Best-Laimit and four kindergarten teachers said the […]
Wendy Davis, candidate for Texas governor, is slamming rival Gregg Abbott’s education plan for 4-year-olds, saying it would overwhelm young children. As reported by CBS 11 News, the dispute stems from Abbott’s support of a plan to require standardized tests for pre-K children as a means of determining whether the programs are working or not. […]