Schools

Coronavirus: New York Won’t Close Schools Because Homeless Kids Have Nowhere Else To Go

March 12, 2020 Alan Macleod, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, New York (NY), Schools

As the number of cases of COVID-19 in the tri-state area rises to over 150, Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency across New York State. Local universities like Hofstra, Columbia and Yeshiva have shut their doors on students today. But the city has no plans to close public k-12 schools – because tens of thousands of homeless children have nowhere else to go.

Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong In Schools

February 24, 2020 Gabriel Arkles, Aclu.org Educate! Courts, Education, LGBTQ Rights, Schools

On Wednesday, yet another federal appeals court ruled that allowing a transgender boy to use the boys’ restrooms and locker rooms does not violate the rights of cisgender students or parents. The decision is a resounding victory for trans youth and all who care about gender justice in schools and beyond. At this point, two federal appeals courts have rejected the arguments from those who want to keep transgender people out of public life...

How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way Into America’s Public Schools

February 22, 2020 Jeff Bryant, Our Schools, Independent Media Institute Educate! Corporations, Schools, Virginia

In the expanding effort to privatize the nation's public education system, an ominous, less-understood strain of the movement is the corporate influence in Career and Technical Education (CTE) that is shaping the K-12 curriculum in local communities. An apt case study of the growing corporate influence behind CTE is in Virginia, where many parents, teachers and local officials are worried that major corporations including Amazon, Ford and Cisco...

Chicago High School Students Hold Sit-In In Defense Of Students Who Refused To Stand For National Anthem

February 17, 2020 Andy Thompson, Wsws.org Resist! Chicago, Class Struggle, Schools, Sit-In, Youth Activism

Students at Chicago’s Nicholas Senn High School carried out a sit-in on Wednesday in response to a teacher telling a Hispanic student, Yésica Salazar, 17, to “go back to your country” after Salazar refused to stand for the American national anthem during an assembly on January 30. Another student who also refused to stand, Tionda Cobb, 18, was questioned about her status in the school’s free lunch program and was told she should stand because, “people had died for the country.”

Privatizing Oakland Schools

February 6, 2020 By Eugene Stovall, Multi-Cultural Books Educate! Education, Oakland, Privatization, Schools

Eli Broad is a liberal Democrat. He opposes Trump’s Muslim ban, immigration policies and withdrawal from the climate change treaty. In fact, like Democratic billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Blloomberg, Broad opposes Trump’s entire right wing agenda. However, just as the Trump Foundation created the Trump University scam, the Eli Broad Foundation created the Broad Superintendent Academy...

Teachers Union Suing District Over Asbestos In Schools

January 22, 2020 Staff, Apnews.com Resist! Lawsuit, Philadelphia, Schools, Teacher's Union, Toxic Chemicals

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The union representing public school teachers in Philadelphia is suing the district over its handling of asbestos contamination in schools, the union said Monday. The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers suit comes after the city school district was forced to close a north Philadelphia elementary school for a second time Friday after tests demanded by teachers and union leaders showed elevated levels of asbestos, a known carcinogen, in the air.

In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push To Get Police Out Of Schools

January 9, 2020 Susan Abram, Chronicleofsocialchange.org Resist! California, Police, Schools, Student Activism

Her brother had bumped into the officer and apologized, Lopez said. But the officer proceeded to question him and asked him for his ID. “It was all new to me,” said Lopez, now 17 and a senior, of the aggressive approach the officer used with her brother. “When I was younger, I wanted to be a police officer. When I got to high school, I finally saw what it’s like for us, for people of color. It really angered me, because I didn’t notice it in my childhood.”

Schools Are Using Facial Recognition To Try To Stop Shootings. Here’s Why They Should Think Twice.

December 30, 2019 By Rebecca Heilweil, Vox.com Educate! Facial Recognition, Schools, Surveillance

For years, the Denver public school system worked with Video Insight, a Houston-based video management software company that centralized the storage of video footage used across its campuses. So when Panasonic acquired Video Insight, school officials simply transferred the job of updating and expanding their security system to the Japanese electronics giant. That meant new digital HD cameras and access to more powerful analytics software, including Panasonic’s facial recognition, a tool the public school system’s safety department is now exploring.

NYC Students Strike To Demand Racial Equity In Nation’s Largest—And Most Segregated—School District

November 27, 2019 By Julia Conley, Commondreams.org Resist! Education, New York (NY), Racism, Schools, Segregation

For the second consecutive week, students in New York City went on strike Monday morning to protest persistent segregation in their schools more than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools must serve children of all races equally. Led by the grassroots campaign Teens Take Charge, hundreds of students from several city high schools demanded an end to New York's "screening" system which has made the United States' largest school district also its most segregated. "We've met with politicians time and time again to urge them to integrate our schools," Marcus Alston...

The Hidden Costs Of High-Tech Surveillance In Schools

October 30, 2019 Priyam Madhukar, Brennancenter.org Educate! Mass Surveillance, Schools, Technology

The phrase “school-to-prison pipeline” has long been used to describe how schools respond to disciplinary problems with excessively stringent policies that create prison-like environments and funnel children who don’t fall in line into the criminal justice system. Now, schools are investing in surveillance systems that will likely exacerbate existing disparities. The costs of overly harsh measures fall mostly on students from marginalized backgrounds. For example, Black girls are six times more likely to receive an out-of-school suspension compared to their white counterparts.

The Delicate Ethics Of Using Facial Recognition In Schools

October 21, 2019 Tom Simonite and Gregory Barber, Wired.com Educate! Facial Recognition, Schools, Technology, Youth

A growing number of districts are deploying cameras and software to prevent attacks. But the systems are also used to monitor students—and adult critics. On a steamy evening in May, 9,000 people filled Stingaree Stadium at Texas City High School for graduation night. A rainstorm delayed ceremonies by a half hour, but the school district’s facial recognition system didn’t miss a beat. Cameras positioned along the fence line allowed algorithms to check every face that walked in the gate.

“Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain!”

October 14, 2019 Carl J. Petersen, Medium.com Educate! Charter Schools, Education, Schools

Despite the fact that the California Charter School Association’s (CCSA) confidential plan to steal facilities from public school students was uncovered months ago, their lackeys continue to insist that Nick Melvoin’s School Performance Framework (SPF) is the only way for parents to understand how to evaluate schools. Instead of demanding transparency with access to the raw data and information about the services that schools provide, they want bureaucrats to decide what information is important and present a ranking system that eliminates the ability of parents to make their own decisions.

School Strikers Threaten To Boycott RSC Over BP Sponsorship

October 3, 2019 Staff, Bp-or-not-bp.org Resist! BP, Climate Change, Schools, Strikes

Today, school strikers from twelve cities, towns and regions will send a letter to the Royal Shakespeare Company calling on it to immediately drop BP. The oil giant currently sponsors the theatre company’s £5 ticket scheme for 16-25-year-olds, but following the record-breaking protests last Friday, the school strike movement is turning its attention to the way in which BP is targeting their age-group directly through arts sponsorship.

How To Start An Anti-Racist Student Group In Your School

August 26, 2019 Staff, Waethnicstudies.com Organize! Anti-Racism, Schools, Youth Activism

The painful truth about public education is that racism is as common as bored students and overworked teachers. While many in our home of Seattle take pride in the city’s “progressive” reputation, the students of Seattle Public Schools, especially students of Color, know reality starkly contrasts with this reputation. In fact, Seattle Public Schools is home to some of the worst racial disparities in the entire country – and the district has known about them for decades and decades. Yet little has changed – exemplified recently by a white teacher calling 911 on a 10 to 11-year-old Black child.

Ed Reform vs. Democracy

August 10, 2019 Staff, Curmudgucation.blogspot.com Educate! Education, Reform, Schools

It was not that long ago that I wrote a piece about how school choice, by shifting the locus of control for the education purse strings, tends to undermine democractic processes. After all, if only parents of school age children, or only rich folks who contribute to tax credit scholarships, get to decide which schools get paid, then the non-parent taxpayers who are footing the bills don't really have much say, and the duly-elected school board has nothing much to do or say, either. School choice is, often...

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