Inequity In America's Schools, By The Numbers

Thursday, December 1, 2011 Inequity In America's Schools, By The Numbers It's been long suspected that schools serving low-income students receive less money to pay their teachers than those in nearby affluent schools. Now there's data from the U.S. Department of Education to back that claim up. "The facts are out there like they've never been before," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. LAUSD Schools Get More Autonomy, Charter Schools Get Moratorium Asked Intelligent Design, Bachmann Offers Questionable Explanation When Computers Become Classrooms How The U.S. Education System Is Failing Students Chicago Charter Schools Return Erratic State Test Results BLOG POSTS Michael Moloney: Helping End Bullying with the Kardashians, Demi Lovato and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition This episode was one of the hardest shows I have done in my nine-year run on the series. There is a scene where I hold up Carl's clothes, which are so tiny -- it's so unfortunate to the think about how much more this 11-year-old-boy had to give in life. Cara Santa Maria: Mental Health Science: Who Are You Calling Crazy? When does mental health turn into sickness? And where is the fine line between sanity and insanity? Brian D. Cohen: Taking Things Apart An artist learns to notice things by him or herself, maturing as an observant and reflective individual. The creation of art is ultimately not entirely a product of conscious intent, though conscious awareness helps a lot. Teachers help us get there. Karina Giglio: Could Parents Prevent Another Penn State or Syracuse? Perhaps the only true legacy of the Penn State tragedy -- for its heinous nature is better suited to that moniker than "scandal" -- is the birth of the Lion Mom: One who is driven by the understanding that our obligation as parents begins by instilling the basics of humanity, and working backwards from there. Amelia Marzec: Occupy Research: Methods and Tools for a Decentralized Future To decrease reliance on corporate media, protestors are moving towards building their own open source tools. Hackathons have been organized in New York, Boston, DC and San Francisco. The projects are available on Github so different camps can download and run them locally.

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