Splits on the Right
Conservatives Unite to Push Parental Rights Legislation – Listing of
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School to Work: Problems and Potentials
Two years into Milwaukee’s School to Work program, observers wonder if it will stay true to its goal of putting student learning ahead of business interests.
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It is time demand adequate and equal resources for educating our children.
Stop the “English-Only” Nonsense
English-only legislation is part of a broader upsurge in anti-immigrant attitudes.
School Facilities at Crisis Level
Substandard school facilities across the country affect millions of children. A 1995 report estimates $112 billion is needed to bring those schools up to minimal standards.
MPS Pays for Facilities with Money Intended for Children
Three years after the defeat of a $366 million school facilities referendum, MPS is struggling to creatively finance building maintenance.
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A broad coalition of national organizations brought together by the Children’s Defense Fund is planning a Stand for Children in Washington, DC., on June 1, 1996.
English-Only Proposals Gain Strength
English-only legislation is not new, but its resurgence is clearly connected to the growth of the conservative movement.
Thompson Undercuts Finance Equity
Wisconsin’s new property tax relief plan created a new formula for school funding – one that will increase inequities between affluent and poorer school districts.
Why Is School Finance Equity Such an Elusive Goal?
There are two stories to tell of school finance reform and the decades-old struggle to achieve funding equity. The bleak one is probably closer to the truth.
The Courage of Our Contradictions
While charters have been championed by conservatives, charter schools may provide progressive educators with the opportunity to create innovative, high-quality public education.
One Charter School’s Story
The teachers and working-class Latino parents at Jingletown, a charter junior high school, organize and negotiate.
Milwaukee Voucher Schools Close
Mid-year closings leave students stranded, public concerned.
Teaching Math Across the Curriculum
“Number numbness” among students has its roots in a curriculum that rarely encourage students to link math and history
School Reform and the Role of the Community
A longtime Milwaukee activist discusses the role of parents and the Latino community in school reform.
Safeguarding Students’ Rights — For All
Educational regulations will be slashed and gutted if a committee of the Wisconsin legislature has its way.
Rifts Grow in Voucher Movement
Tension is mounting as Wisconsin’s voucher program for religious schools goes to court and the leading Black legislator associated with the program criticizes the business community’s goal of an unrestricted voucher program.
Nurturing One’s Dreams
A Review of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope Pedagogy of Hope is a reflective meditation on the personal, educational, and political journey of a leading educational thinker and activist. It is a useful and accessible companion to Freire’s 1968 Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
On the Road to Cultural Bias
A Critique of The Oregon Trail CD-ROM Oregon Trail II is sexist, racist, culturally insensitive, and contemptuous of the earth. And teachers can use it to begin to foster critical computer literacy.
Why One Can’t Ignore Pocahontas
A Review of the Disney Movie Pocahontas Historical inaccuracy and racist stereotypes may entertain some children — but at whose expense?
Prison Spending Escalates
Across the country, providing money for schools takes a back seat to spending for corrections.
From School Reform to Reform School
Joe Clark, the principal whose law-and-order brand of school reform was glorified in the movie Lean on Me, has a new job. He’s running a prison.
Dangerous Minds: Decoding a Classroom
A Review of the Movie Dangerous Minds. A high school literature teacher peers into a movie classroom to see what the teacher, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, is up to.
“Asian American” vs. “Oriental
The term “oriental” still carries connotations of exoticism and mysticism that Asian Americans find offensive.
Asian-American Bibliography
A rich assortment of resources covering historical views, the myth of the “model minority,” bilingual education, and higher education as they relate to the needs and concerns of Asian-American students.