Archive for June 17th, 2009
Open Letter to Arne Duncan
From Herbert Kohl: Schools Matter
Summer 2009
From Herbert Kohl
Dear Arne Duncan,
In a recent interview with NEA Today you said of my book *36 Children,* “I read [it] in high school … [and] … wrote about his book in one of my college essays, and I talked about the tremendous hope that I feel [and] the challenges [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2009 under Popular Culture.
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The Nouveau Poor
Quote of the day: Education & Class
[P]olicy makers still believe that we need only admonish teachers to work harder if these children of parents who have lost their second and third jobs, whose lives outside of school are marked by fear and stress, are not to be left behind.
Posted: June 17th, 2009 under Politics, Schools.
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