Is there any profession more important or demanding than teaching? Think about it. How many jobs require mastery of the multiplicity of skills that
Category: Youth issues
Don’t just blame the teachers
When it comes to cheating in our schools, don’t just blame the teachers. While we’re at it, let’s give the students a break as
What we should (but won’t) learn from the latest test-cheating scandal
Georgia state prosecutors have indicted 34 teachers, administrators and principals for altering students’ answers on standardized tests in the Atlanta public school system. Is
Corporate advertising on the school bus and in your kid’s backpack
Here’s a riddle: What’s big, bright, and yellow, rides on four wheels, and markets junk food to kids five days a week? If you
Go do your homework while I watch the game
“Do as I say, not as I do.” Do you remember that expression? It’s stuck in my memory from childhood days. Lately it has been
Obama sees the poor as well as the middle class
Shortly after assuming the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson announced his commitment to a war on poverty. That
Religious right and super-rich join forces to kill public education
The movement in our country to defund public education and shift tax money to private and/or religious schools is not going away. Five years ago,
Dear 20-something: Think about the issues, then vote!
How important is it that young people go to the polls and vote? If you’re an Obama supporter as I am it’s crucial. Look
Illinois budget hurts poor kids and education, but funds prisons
The Illinois budget deficit is a problem that has been going on for a long time. It has become the new normal for many
Civil rights: How different is today from 1965?
The federal Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Ironically, it passed just a year after Republican Senator Barry Goldwater’s launched his southern strategy