The New Generation Black Panthers? A 21 year old Black American friend of mine was accosted by two thirty something year old Black American women in front of a Starbucks this week. They were trying to recruit him to join the New Generation Black Panthers! The two women dressed in all black wearing dark sunglasses asked my friend if he wanted Black on Black crime to stop. When he agreed they went into their ...

I’m not waiting for Superman. Waiting for Superman, Davis Guggenheim’s new educational film is presently receiving a media blitz. Is big business behind its success? ...

Race To Nowhere is an excellent description of the standardized testing movement. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, increased the role of the federal government in public education and also expanded the role of standardized testing. This morning, I had a conversation with another educator who was ending a California State Testing week. The dedication of this teacher is commendable; although exhausted an ...

Dr. Stanley Greenspan died this week; he was a great man. His official web page described him as: “Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. The world’s foremost authority on clinical work with infants and young children with developmental ...

We know that education is suffering in many ways nationwide. An enormous increase of students with special needs is being identified. According to America’s Promise Alliance, capable students are dropping out of school. In April 2008, ABC World News segment ("Failing Grades," April 1) featured a report from America's Promise Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that showed 1.2 million studen ...

Why do we need an educational revolution in the United States? Many students receive the necessary tools to overcome struggles in public education by the support of parents, teachers and interventions. There are a great number of students who do not receive additional support for whatever reason. This fact needs to change very rapidly. According to The Multi-Sensory Classroom (Aug. 2004): “Each child develo ...