On January 15, 2019, the New York Times published an article by Claire Cain Miller titled “‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way.’ Why Some Boys Can Keep Up With Girls in School.” This article makes an argument that boys perform less well in school due to traditional notions of masculinity that disincentivize boys from putting forth the effort required to do well in school. Continue reading
Author: Kayla Freeman
On February 27th, 2019, the New York Times published an article about a report that was recently released by a non-profit called EdBuild that found that in 2016 non-white school districts (defined as school districts with more than 75% students of color) received a total of $23 billion less in funding than white school districts (define as school districts with more than 75% white students). They note that this breaks down to spending about $2,200 less per student. Continue reading
On March 8, 2019, The New York Times reported that “A federal judge has ruled Education Secretary Betsy DeVos illegally delayed an Obama-era rule that required states to address racial disparities in special education.” This rule was made at the very end of Obama’s presidency and required that each state must report a “risk ratio” that displayed how large the racial disparity in “special education services, …restrictive classrooms [and] discipline” is in the state.
Salopia, Massachusetts recently voted to rebuild Bradley Early Childhood Center, which currently houses the half-day kindergarten and some of the first grade classrooms for the town. Bradley’s building needs major repair and the town’s school age population is growing, so Bradley is moving to a new location that will allow for a bigger school. Continue reading
Salopia, Massachusetts is a suburban town that is known as a great place for families to live because of the reputation of the public schools. But do the Salopia Public Schools equitably prepare its students for success and is the MCAS an accurate representation of the achievement gap? Continue reading