UNDERNEWS: Key links: Education

2021

Ethnic relations: the too ignored factor of education
Best and worst states for teachers
What’s a Master’s Degree Really Worth?
Best and worst school systems
The sad state of civics education
Teaching kids social responsibility – like how to settle fights and ask for help – can reduce school bullying
9.5% decline in community college enrollment
More than half of older millennials with student debt say their loans weren’t worth it

ESSAYS BY SAM SMITH

Learning democracy is just as important as learning math
The road to literacy is paved with words, not tests

What a Comcast technician taught me about Common Core

The missing predicate in my life
Kids and food
Bush, Obama & Dr. George
Graduation speech
Memoir of a home & school association president
The two best kept secrets about school integration Where bad education really comes from
Standardized test for your school
Back to school: tales of a parents association president
Let 'em play

FACTS

2019

Though average teacher salary has increased by 11.5% over the last decade, when taking inflation into account, average teacher salary has actually decreased by 4.5%, according to new data from the NEA.
Reading Scores on National Exam Decline in Half the States

2018

LINKS

Media
BAD ASS TEACHERS

CHALKBEAT

DIANE RAVITCH BLOG

ED NOTES ONLINE

NOT WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
SUSAN OHANIAN
RETHINKING SCHOOLS
SUBSTANCE NEWS
WIRETAP

Charter schools
Charter school scandals

Groups
Bad Ass Teachers Assn
PARENTS ACROSS AMERICA
YOUTH RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
RETHINKING SCHOOLS
SAVE OUR SCHOOLS

Testing
ERASE
FAIR TEST
PENCILS DOWN
STUDENTS AGAINST TESTING
TIME OUT FROM TESTING

ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader

UNDERNEWS

April 21, 2022

Key links: Education

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