Living & Learning in Poverty: September 2013

Focusing on extreme cases won’t help us bridge the rich/poor education attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

“Arts of the Possible,” Adrienne Rich (2001)

Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions. One is the development of a literate, articulate, and well-informed citizenry so that the democratic process can continue to evolve and the promise of radical equality can be brought closer to realization. The other is the perpetuation of a class system dividing an elite, nominally “gifted” few, tracked from an early age, from a very large underclass essentially to be written off as alienated from language and science, from poetry and politics, from history and hope—toward low-wage temporary jobs. The second is the direction our society has taken. The results are devastating in terms of the betrayal of a generation of youth. The loss to the whole of society is incalculable. (p. 162)

Living & Learning in Poverty

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

We can end child poverty. Or, at least, do more.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Abraham Lincoln: The president used this map to see where slavery was strongest.

Half in Ten

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

BBC News - US income inequality at record high

Sunday, September 8, 2013

The wealthy 'make mistakes', the poor go to jail | Chris Arnade | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Focusing on extreme cases won’t help us bridge the rich/poor education attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

When Class Became More Important to a Child's Education Than Race - Sarah Garland - The Atlantic

The Falling Sickness | Elizabeth Stoker