New Orleans In the shocking wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rollback on the utilization of race for assuring both equity and diversity in schools, one area worth a harder look is the utilization of socio-economic status (SES) as the determining factor in pupil placement. This standard is being used in some school districts impacting …
Month: June 2007
US Social Forum
New Orleans The Social Forum movement has been an interesting and important development over the last decade. Beginning in Brazil, fueled by the growth of the Brazilian Workers Party and the election of Lula Silva as President of the country, World Social Forums have enjoyed private and public support and have held large annual …
Cameron Knows All
San Francisco Finally, it turns out that we have an actress that we can truly believe in because seemingly she knows all things both great and small. To my great surprise it turns out to be Cameron Diaz. We all knew that Angelina Jolie was going to change the world (thank goodness!), but some …