By Hugh W. Catts It is February 2015, and I am at a national conference listening to a panel present the results of their research on improving reading comprehension. Several members of the panel, like myself and a few others…
AFT Launches National Taskforce on Teacher and School Staff Shortages
As Great Exhaustion sets in, teacher union moves to find shortage solutions amid two years of COVID turmoil For Release: Thursday, December 16, 2021 Contact: Andrew Crook o: 202-393-8637 | c: 607-280-6603acrook@aft.org WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Teachers convened a new…
Pawt. School Committee Meeting, 12-20-21
The Privatization of Everything
The Privatization of Everything chronicles the efforts to turn our public goods—free education, public health, open parks, clean water, and many others—into private profit centers. However, citizens can, and are, wresting back what is ours. Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian connects…
Pawtucket School Committee Meeting, 12-14-21
Teen Vogue: School Board Fights Will Be an Issue in 2022 Midterms
Miseducation is a column that chronicles what it’s like to be a student in the modern United States. BY MARY RETTA DECEMBER 2, 2021 Last summer, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, many school districts intensified their focus on racial equity…