Season 2 Episode 11
Further Reading (in order of discussion)
DO-NOW LINKS
California students may not be ready for new science test
Cal State L.A. plan to raise admissions standards faces pushback from students and faculty
EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH (Federal Data Summary)
ASSESSMENT LINKS
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money
2016 Profile on NPR about the most segregated school boundaries in America
Why America’s schools have a money problem
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1892 decision
WAPO article on 40th anniversary of Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley, 1974 decision
The Atlantic - Good schools, rich schools
A Research Synthesis / Unequal School Funding in the United States
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Episode Highlights
HEADLINES IN EDUCATION - EPISODE 11
Jeff and Manuel examine recent headlines in education. A new science assessment tests teachers’ readiness for the Next Generation Science Standards, a state university seeks to toughen admission standards in the wake of overcrowding, and new data shows a dramatic rise in the number of homeless students.
ASSESSMENT - SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL, AGAIN
Schools are more racially segregated today than they were at the time of the landmark Brown v. Board decision. How did this happen? Jeffrey breaks down the path towards today’s separate and unequal schools and we debate whether or not there’s a way out of this mess.