The standards-based education reform movement calls school change “the civil rights issue of our time.” But about 220 mostly African American community organizers, parents and students from 21 cities from New York to Oakland, Calif., converged on Washington Tuesday to tell U.S. Secretary of Ed... Read more...
Faulty equipment, fights in the hallways, overcrowded classrooms, failing grades, security guards, scarce resources and high suspension rates. This is not the description of a school in some Third World war torn country. It is the unfortunate yet glaring reality facing thousands of Black, Latino an... Read more...
If you feel like you’ve ever been harassed for extra screening by the TSA, or are sick of feeling like the TSA is getting away with targeting you, then you’ll want to download the new FlyRights app. FlyRights is the first smartphone app to give travelers a direct line to file a complaint when y... Read more...