From edweek.org
President George W. Bush’s administration has been notable not only for one of the most significant shifts in federal oversight of education, under the No Child Left Behind Act, but also for new laws, programs, and developments in other areas affecting schools.

No Child Left Behind Act
President Bush made the reauthorization of the Elementary and [...]

My son’s first “real” parent conference is scheduled for today. Why am I so nervous? Certainly, as a teacher, I’ve conducted hundreds of parent conferences over the years – conference time, for us was a nice short day, where either you could get your extra work done, or chat with the teacher next [...]

I had the pleasure of reading an article from 2003 entitled “Rich, Black and Flunking” which centered on an anthropological study of a K-12 school district in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Both the parents and school district called in John Ogbu, the author of the study to give them answers as to why many Black students, [...]

East Bay Express Printed from the East Bay Express Web site:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/rich__black__flunking/Content?oid=285317
Rich, Black, Flunking
Cal Professor John Ogbu thinks he knows why rich black kids are failing in school. Nobody wants to hear it.
By Susan Goldsmith
May 21, 2003
Chris Duffey
The black parents wanted an explanation. Doctors, lawyers, judges, and insurance brokers, many had come to [...]

Black Patriots – Still Not Good Enough!
As Black Americans, it has been difficult through the years to feel a real connection to a country whose people, in some places, still feel the innate need to treat a person of a different race as a second class person. Although Dr. King and at the latter [...]

I am a woman of too many blogs, but this was too important not to get on “paper” tonight. My son is in kindergarten this year, and I am continually fascinated at how much he learns each day and how articulate he can be in expressing himself. Sometimes he makes me turn my [...]

Televisions and movies are created by studio executives for profit. Very rarely do I get the sense from these television shows and movies that they are created to educate, to enlighten, to entertain. Show business, for the most part, is created to make money.

Pay more attention to what your children watch. Now, I [...]

This is a reprint - the link is below.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070207090939.htm#
ScienceDaily (2007-02-08) — Although it is known that children with sleep difficulties are likely to have school difficulties, new research reveals that this connection between sleep and school performance is related to a child’s socioeconomic and ethnic/racial background. The study observed 166 8- and 9-year-old African-American and [...]

After having been around children in the public schools for the past 15 years, there is something that I have noticed that a lot of the so-called “behavior problems” have in common – poor nutrition. Parents, have you even taken a look at what they’re serving in the school lunches these days? A typical lunch [...]

This article partially reflects my last post - Giving Black Children a Voice.  It is a reprint from the Boston Globe.
Black parents tackle a gap
By Tatsha Robertson, Globe Staff  | March 28, 2005

NEW YORK — Aisha Tomlinson is a receptionist living in Harlem, but she parents her two young daughters like a professional in [...]