My So-Called Public School

My So-Called Public School: School foundations and the myth of funding equality

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/31_01/31-1_wolfe-rocca.shtml

Written by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Fall 2016

Key Points:  The biggest point that is pointed out in this article is the fact that the districts or schools with school foundations end up having the most funding.  All education taxes go onto a general fun

Title: Studying Gender Roles in Literature and Life

Source/Author/Date:  Teaching Tolerance, by Jeremy Knoll on September 28th, 2016

URL Link:  http://www.tolerance.org/blog/studying-gender-roles-literature-and-life 

Relevance: While American culture today does not view women as property, classic literature and today's media portraits women as objects to be admired by men. The amount of media propaganda through advertisements and shaming cause...

Expanding Equity and Opportunity Through Strong Student Supports

Expanding Equity and Opportunity Through Strong Student Supports

Key points: Being able to have all children experience the joy of learning and success and to provide all children with strong supports so that they can all have the chance to succeed. President Obama Launched the "My Brothers Keeper" act also known as MBK to ultimately help all young people reach their full potential. The MBK act focuses on reaching children when intervention is most critical to help change the chance a child has for success.