Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Gates Foundation Tries a New Tack in Latest Round of Education Grants
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Has the Gates Foundation learned from its mistakes? Its latest round of education grants gives some cause for guarded optimism.
Policy & Government
A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals
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While proposals to turn schools into fortresses in the name of safety are absurd, promoting true safety and a community of care is more challenging. A low-income neighborhood school in San Diego shows how it can be done. At Cherokee Point Elementary, teachers, administrators, and staff have embraced a “trauma-informed school” model—with dramatic results in terms of both disciplinary and academic achievement. It is a model gaining traction across the nation.
Brown v. Board of Education
In North Carolina, Time Moves in Reverse Where Segregated Schools are Concerned
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Six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, North Carolina moves to re-segregate its schools.
Nonprofit News
The New Balancing Act of Our Public Schools
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A recent look at public education in Oakland raises important questions about whether maximizing choice comes at the cost of equity.
Education
Does Public Education Need “Reform” or Just More Cash?
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How much does a good education cost? A new study gives an answer we may not want to hear. With public education, as with many things in life, you get what you pay for.
Education
One Example of a Nonprofit Moving to Scale through a Collaborative Network
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Partnership and information-sharing are intrinsic to the nonprofit sector. Collaborative networks can overcome shared challenges, leverage collective wisdom and assets, develop new tools, and foster a culture of innovation.
Education
East Los Angelenos Reflect on State of Education at 50th Anniversary of Blowouts
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Fifty years ago, thousands of Chicano students walked out of schools across Los Angeles, calling for a better education and a reflection of their culture in the curriculum. Today, Latinx people are often teachers, administrators, and board members in L.A. Schools, but challenges persist.
Puerto Rico
The Power of Community: Relationships and Resilience in the Midst of Disaster
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PECES exemplifies how everything connects to everything else. The relationships are the enabling and linking mechanisms: the understanding of who is in the community, who needs extra support, and what matters most. That native understanding of the place you’re in is critical in relief. The dynamics matter—and it’ll matter in the rebuilding.
climate change denial
In Idaho, House Committee Seeks to Limit Teaching of Climate Change
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In Idaho, the House Education Committee moves to limit teaching of climate change, cutting a section on the environmental impact of nonrenewable sources of energy and removing content about human-driven warming from state education standards.
Education
Court Rules Racial Animus at Root of Ouster of Ethnic Studies Program
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Federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima has ruled that racial animus was at the core of the decision to discontinue a Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson’s public schools.