Shani Robinson, an Atlanta native, was a first-grade teacher in 2009 at Dunbar Elementary School in Atlanta Georgia, but by 2013, was a convicted felon facing twenty-five years in prison for racketeering charges from an alleged district-wide cheating scandal. None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed,
Following a number of tragic high-profile school shootings last year, several states passed laws that are set to increase the presence of law enforcement in schools (Maryland Safe to Learn Act 2018; Winn 2018). Many of these officers will be implemented under the school resource officer (SRO) model. SROs are generally sworn law enforcement who are
Full length article “H.G. Early Tracking and Social Inequality in Educational Attainment: Educational Reforms in 21 European Countries” by Van de Werfhost published by the American Journal of Education available here. While tracking has been a well-known phenomenon in the American educational system for some time, in some countries the separation of students for different school
In Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay, Doris Santoro tells rich stories of experienced teachers living in the era of accountability, evaluation, and increasing policies, who when seeking advice are often referred to as “burnt out.” Santoro differentiates between burn out and demoralization. Demoralization is not about teachers’
