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Verlando Brown: Scholar beats the odds, Part II
Upon meeting Verlando Brown for the first time, you would never guess this trim, self-confident graduate student received special education services in grade school to remediate stuttering.
Why black children should learn how to swim
Need to understand the importance of teaching our children how to swim? Read the words of these anguished grandparents.
Does your child have ADHD?
Symptoms of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Education Matters began a series of articles on special education with a list of some signs and symptoms of learning disabilities, such as dyslexia and ADHD.
Special Education: Identifying the need for services
Are you concerned your child struggles to learn in school?
Addressing the academic needs of military families
Each April, the Month of the Military Child, the US Department of Education (ED) brings attention to the academic needs and challenges faced by children of active service members.
Targeted for cages not classrooms, Part III
Separate and unequal school punishment
Michelle Alexander, an associate professor of law at Ohio State University is the author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”
Targeted for cages not classrooms, Part II
Separate and Unequal School Punishment
Education Matters continues “The School to Prison Pipeline: Black Students Targeted for Cages not Classrooms.” Michelle Alexander, an associate professor of law at Ohio State University is the author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” She recently sat with Rebekah Skelton, an education and social justice blogger for a Q&A examining the systematic criminalization and incarceration of African American children.
Dr. Dre donates $30M to University of Southern California
This is not a new story. But, it just came to my attention via a Facebook post raising compelling questions about black philanthropy.
Waldorf Middle School students beat Hopkins undergrads
Engineering contest brings out best in students
This week Education Matters highlights an extraordinary STEM achievement by a group of middle school girls.
The great debate: Are classroom computers a threat to creativity?
What does a wrench, pencil, fork, ruler and a light bulb have in common?
