Monday, December 12, 2011 Supporters of an education lawsuit against the state of Colorado celebrated this weekend after a district judge ruled that the state severely underfunds public schools and provides inadequate resources to its disabled, poor and minority students.
In a 183-page ruling in favor of the plaintiffs Friday, Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport concluded that Colorado's education funding is "irrational and inadequate" and violates the state constitution's pledge to provide a "thorough and uniform" education system. (Read the full report) BLOG POSTS  | Barbara Mossberg: I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
Dickinson knew she was considered a "nobody" and she defiantly took on that identity with panache: "How dreary to be Somebody." Yet she yearned to be famous, to be immortal, to matter utterly to us, to be "great, Someday." |  | Jeff Deitz, M.D.: Children's Sleep: Time For A Wake-Up Call
Except for a handful of forward-thinking school districts, the continuing resistance to starting high school later to accommodate the biological time clocks of teenagers speaks to the attitudes of the adults in charge of our children. |  | Elizabeth Perle: We Are The Real Bullies
Does it make us feel better about ourselves when we take down another teenage bully? It's time to pick on someone our own size. |  | Steven Wasko: What Does Parental Involvement in a Big City School District Really Look LIke?
Have you convinced yourself that it's the lack of parental engagement that will inhibit even the most courageous educational reform platforms? Think again. |  | Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson: Winners of the First Annual 'Out in the Silence' Award for Youth Activism Announced
The program exceeded all expectations, and today, International Human Rights Day 2011, we're thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual Out in Silence Award for Youth Activism, honoring three remarkable groups of courageous youth. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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