The U.S. Department of Education has just issued a devastating study. Nearly half of American adults read and write so…
“Pastor, what can we do about out son?” In a flood of tears, the story came out. This was a…
“No white males in here,” the students shouted. The place was a hallway in Roslyn High School on Long Island,…
Robert Townsend is a popular black filmmaker who vaulted to fame six years ago with a film called Hollywood Shuffle.…
Under other circumstances, it’s something that might make school administrators quake: Ten students gathered in one high school, fifty at…
“We want to get kids to question everything,” says Linda Ellerbee. Ellerbee is the producer of a new television program…
Picture books about Babar, the elephant king, are being pulled from the shelves. The stories have been judged dangerous for…
Picture a classroom with groups of people sitting at tables working on a math problem. It’s a simple task, but…
“What did you get for Christmas?” Ida asked. Ida was an elementary school teacher and she was following the tradition…
It’s nearly midnight and a child is in trouble. Dad dashes to the old station wagon and cranks it up,…
