The next generation
Mopati Morake will graduate shortly from Williams College. He was born in Botswana but finished high school in Hong Kong.
Mopati Morake will graduate shortly from Williams College. He was born in Botswana but finished high school in Hong Kong.
There will be no more crying over spilled strawberry and chocolate milk in some schools, but at least you can get
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Click to watch a video of this commentary, as part of Fordham's recent event Are School Boards Vital in the 21st Century?"]
Education ?reforms? abound today, yet the sluggish pace of actual changes wrought by those new policies, programs, and practices demands a fresh look at public education's basic structures and operating arrangements. What America needs in the twenty-first century is a far more fundamental approach to ?re-forming? K-12 education. Our ?marble cake?
?It's not about giving up on public schools but it is about acknowledging that right now, when you step back, [only] 8 percent of low-income kids can expect to get a bachelor's degree by the time they're 24. ...