March 20, 2013
by Joanne Karger on March 20, 2013 Incarcerated youth have the right to a high-quality education. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can serve as a powerful mechanism to actualize this… READ MORE
March 4, 2013
by Michael Sadowski on March 4, 2013 Ricky immigrated to California with his parents and four siblings when he was four years old. Although Ricky is very much an American… READ MORE
February 11, 2013
by Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns and Robert L. Selman on February 11, 2013 Some would argue that whether or not the dynamics of bullying are worse or better now, they are… READ MORE
January 15, 2013
by Jeffrey R. Henig on January 15, 2013 In the late spring of 2011, the New York City Council delivered a message. Mayor Michael Bloomberg had announced a plan to… READ MORE
December 11, 2012
by Linda Herrera on December 11, 2012 Schools once served as focal points of youth citizenship education, but for the wired generation of Internet-savvy youth this is no longer the… READ MORE
November 16, 2012
by Liliana M. Garces on November 16, 2012 Those of us in the social science community who have been following the Fisher case know that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision,… READ MORE
November 5, 2012
by Michael J. Feuer on November 5, 2012 One of the rhetorical puzzles that arose during Supreme Court arguments in the Fisher case, in which a white student challenges the… READ MORE
October 30, 2012
by Kurt Wootton on October 30, 2012 Many years ago when I was a student in a teacher certification program, one of our daily requirements was to observe the classroom… READ MORE
October 28, 2012
by Sylvia Hurtado on October 28, 2012 On October 10th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case contesting the use of race in college admissions brought by petitioner,… READ MORE
October 11, 2012
by Peter Levine on October 11, 2012 Two myths arise in almost all discussions of civic education: “Kids today don’t know any civics,” and “We don’t teach civics nowadays.” As… READ MORE