More Hungry Kids, Greater Need for School Meals

By Amanda Litvinov As partisan clashes in Congress continue to delay decisions on measures that would provide some relief for middle class and poor Americans, a growing number of families are relying on free and reduced-price meals to prevent their children from going hungry. The numbers paint a distressing picture: A New York Times analysis of Department [...]

Pennsylvania Schools Stand Up to Bullying

By Kevin Hart If educators could wave a magic wand and solve one problem affecting American schools, bullying would be high on the list. Teachers, support professionals and administrators are acutely aware that bullying can take a devastating emotional and academic toll on students – in fact, an estimated 160,000 students miss school each day [...]

NEA and AEA Challenge Alabama’s Immigration Law

On Monday, November 21, the National Education Association, Alabama Education Association and the National School Boards Association filed an amicus brief challenging Alabama’s H.B. 56. By any measure, H.B. 56 is the country’s harshest immigration law and contains many onerous provisions, not the least of which is a requirement that educators and school staff verify the immigration status [...]

Bullying’s Impact on American Indian/Alaskan Native Students

By Robert McNeely For 16-year-old Coloradas Mangas of the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico, the rising teenage suicide rate among American Indians and Alaskan Natives has been all too real.  Several of his friends have taken their lives and he attempted to do the same. It was the only way he knew how to [...]

School Bus Drivers Put the Brakes on Bullying

By Teal Ruland Bullying happens in stairwells and in cafeterias, in the classroom and on the playground, but it also takes place beyond the school grounds as buses pull away from the curb. According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2006–2007, one-third of U.S. students ages 12 through 18 reported being bullied. Of those, [...]

Bullying Takes Toll on Minority Student Achievement

By Cindy Long Victims of bullying can face a lifetime of psychological scars, but they also suffer academically, particularly Black and Latino students, according to new research. Educators know that bullied students are more likely to miss school, fall behind, and eventually drop out, but the new study, The Impact of School Bullying on Racial/Ethnic [...]

Alabama Schools Worry About Effects of Immigration Law

By Rebecca Bright As students in Alabama began a new school year in August, many returned to the same classrooms, cafeterias, and hallways they left in May—yet behind the scenes, their schools have become a battleground, the latest in a national debate over immigration policy. Alabama’s new immigration law, which was signed last June and [...]

Child Poverty Rate Increases Across the Nation

By Tim Walker and Lance Fuller As the United States struggles to emerge from one of the worst economic downturns in history, the devastating effects of long-term high unemployment and increasing poverty – particularly on children – are coming into view. New data paints a stark picture of how the Great Recession has impacted young [...]

‘Poverty Tour’ Spotlights the Poor and Disadvantaged

By Dana Dossett and John Rosales For college students affected by poverty, community colleges often serve as an affordable means to earn a two-year associate’s degree, as a place where professional development opportunities abound, and as a bridge to a four-year university. Four out of 10 college-bound high-school graduates start their university education at a [...]

The “Silent Crisis” of the Latino Dropout Rate

By Lance Fuller According to the National Center for Education Statistics, almost 20 percent of Latino males dropped out of high school in 2008, the highest among any demographic in the country. The long-term consequences of Latinos and ultimately men of color dropping out of school create what Dr. Luis Ponjuan calls a “silent crisis.” [...]

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