by Press | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog
Jamal, an African American student, was removed from his school’s special education program even though his disability caused him to struggle academically. This led to behavioral problems, and punitive responses to his emotional and academic issues escalated until he...
by Press | Aug 30, 2015 | Blog
Children’s safety has to be our number one concern before we begin to think about educating them…” – U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, In 1975, the United States passed the first federal bill to protect the educational rights of students with disabilities...
by Press | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog
I have only ever heard praise for my intelligence and work ethic. It is something that has become internalized and expected of me, and my Asian peers. The term “model minority” was first coined by sociologist William Peterson in 1966 in an article about...
by Press | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog
It is 2014, the year that the No Child Left Behind Act predicted as the year when all students in every state would be proficient in every subject. Unfortunately, we still have a long way to go. While the supporters of our modern age of standardized education...
by Press | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog
As the nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education,1 there is a renewed debate about the state of equity in our K-12 schools—and the consensus from experts is less than positive. According to a 2012...
