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Solving ‘The Boy Problem’

Mary Mata February 28, 2014

By Michigan University Today Boys will be boys, goes the old adage, but it’s exactly this philosophy that has hurt young men in urban classrooms for more than a century, […]

Open letter to Chicago Public Schools CEO and the Latino Advisory Committee

Mary Mata

Five Points from Secretary Arne Duncan on Latinos and Education

Mary Mata February 25, 2014

Chicago Public Schools student asks, “How tolerant is my school toward gay teens?”

Mary Mata

By Albert Silva, Hancock High School Senior Many people here at Hancock High School think the Hancock community is mostly accepting of the small LGBT community that it has, because […]

Virginia elementary school cancels immigration-themed skit amid objections

Mary Mata February 24, 2014

By Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post A classroom skit that third-graders were preparing to present in a Prince George’s Countyelementary school was canceled after a parent alerted school officials to material she thought […]

Chicago School Policy Forum Series addresses indicators that influence student success

Mary Mata February 20, 2014

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco This morning, the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest and Catalyst Chicago Magazine hosted their first forum of their 2014 Chicago School Policy Forum […]

A Gadget to Help Latinos Shrink the ‘Word Gap’

NewsTaco February 12, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco My wife is an educator, so I’ve heard of the “word gap” in conversations with her. The word gap is the difference in the number of […]