Past Events

The American ideal of “public education” has historically included a robust and complex conception of what it meant for education to be “public.”

How do we ensure that all schools are warm, welcoming, fair, and effective in the treatment of all students? How do we maintain safety and order, while protecting against the effects of the persistent, unconscious biases that plaugue our society?

Ever since their emergence in the early twentieth century, major philanthropic foundations have played a funding role in American education.

Given states’ difficulties in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) thoughtfully, many early childhood educators have begun to worry about what the NAEYC refers to as “a downward pressure of increased academic focus and more narrowed instructional approaches.”