By Llenda Jackson-Leslie U-Va. reinstates Teresa Sullivan after weeks of protests: The university’s governing board voted unanimously to reinstate Teresa Sullivan, whose ouster as president plunged the campus into turmoil and prompted a student protest. Photograph courtesy of The Washington Post. A failed and fatally flawed PR effort by University of Virginia Rector... Read More

See Something, Say SomethingBy: Ryan DuncanWe've been following the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country and the world, and are inspired by the passion and bravery of these Americans who have seen injustice and decided to stand up and do something about it. So often, we are accustomed to... Read More

Food for Thought... and WellnessBy: Pam Taylor More than 150 nation’s celebrated World Food Day this week—a good thing.  However, the ongoing dialogue about food, hunger and production is fraught with emotion and opinion and arguably even some good “science.” See: (http://www.fooddialogues.com/2011/10/14/come-to-the-table-on-world-food-day-and-food-day-our-values-and-our-perspective). ... Read More

What’s in a Name? Get Educated About FoodBy: Nicole Hayes What’s in a bag? What’s in a box? It’s a surprise, but not a gift. Most bagged, boxed, canned and pre-packaged foods contain “surprises”—called additives.  They are names you can’t pronounce and whose affects can harm our bodies. For... Read More

Affirmative Action MythsBy: Tamara Braunstein  As we pointed out yesterday, students at Berkeley have drawn a lot of fire this week for their purposefully racist bake sale, meant to draw attention to a state Senate bill (SB 185) awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. The bill “would allow California public universities to... Read More

Did Berkeley College Republicans Go Too Far? The adage goes, any press is good press, and the Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) have definitely received their share this week: Madame Noire The Huffington Post (had multiple articles) Reuters The Daily Californian (had multiple articles) Right... Read More

Diversity: Educating the Future, a Majority of Minorities Latino employment and education seem to be hot topics in the blogosphere nowadays, especially with the ongoing, heated immigration debates. Regardless of what your stance on the latter issue, one thing is certain: the Latino population is booming in the U.S.... Read More

Can you name this U.S. President and why he's important? Most of the nation's 4th graders could not.Do You Know Your History? The majority of students today don’t have a solid grasp on U.S. history. From a CNN article yesterday:"The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2010," the tests results report... Read More

Back to School: Are you on Facebook?   Parents may want to consider adding cell phones to the back-to-school list, and not just to keep tabs on their kids.       According to a USA Today article today, online and social media access are becoming increasingly prevalent and valued learning tools in the... Read More

A History Not Worth Repeating   On this day, June 14, we recognize as Flag Day, when our country’s flag was first carried by the Continental Army in 1776. To commemorate this, some people proudly wave replicas in varying forms of the American flag perhaps not knowing the full history. But according... Read More

The Importance of Equal EducationWith 2012 elections poised conspicuously in front of us, hot topics like the economy, jobs and war are everyday fodder for political pundits. But two issues that seem to be strategically avoided by the candidates as they boil just below the surface of these debates are... Read More

Rewarding School Reform with Top HonorsWhat a graduation to remember!  In a surprise visit, President Obama gave the commencement address at Memphis’ Booker T. Washington High School. As USA Today reports, an academic turnaround at the urban school earned graduating seniors the address by none other than President Obama. The... Read More

Graduates From Country's First Black High School Celebrate 75th ReunionA milestone was marked this weekend. Living graduates from the country's first Black high school in Southwest Washington, D.C., came together for their 75th year reunion. The Dunbar High School class of 1936, now most in their 90s, celebrated the monumental occasion... Read More

Feds: All Students Deserve to Learn Regardless of U.S. StatusIn reaction to reports that American public schools may begin to enroll students based on their citizenship status, the federal government issued a statement that all students are entitled to an education regardless of citizenship. As tension over illegal immigration in... Read More

Report: Many US Teens Never Heard of Osama bin Laden   A recent study which monitored search trends on Yahoo.com revealed that 25percent of American youth didn’t know who Osama bin Laden was prior to his death. America’s formerly most wanted man led Internet searches this week with President Obama, Pakistan... Read More

DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, right, smiles during an announcement that she is resigning, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, during a news conference in Washington. (AP)Moving Beyond The Hype & Taking A Closer Look at DC Public School ReformFor a sycophantic examination on Rhee-style school reform, read The Bee Eater by... Read More

Greater Value on Teaching Equals Better Schools, Brighter Future for AmericaThe uneven appreciation for teachers in America is astonishing. For many years, we have heard countless calls for education reform at many levels, but those calls have either fallen on deaf ears or have been met with feeble attempts to... Read More

Education Injustice For One Is Injustice For All   The arrest and felony conviction of Kelley Williams-Bolar for falsifying records to give her daughters a chance at a better education says so much about education inequity in America and its virulent affect on poor people.  Some leading voices in journalism and politics... Read More

King’s Dream of ‘Equality’ Still Unrealized   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in something far greater when he delivered his August 28, 1963, “I Have a Dream Speech” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King sought equality of life for all men and women as he spoke from our nation’s... Read More

De-integrating schools: A sign of the times? Or a dangerous step back?   In this modern day and age, a new majority-Republican school board backed by national tea party conservatives, is abolishing a school policy that has kept integration alive in a district that was last in the nation to embrace it.... Read More