http://www.kylemosholder.com Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you know that an average employee is putting dozens of extra hours every week in his work just to stay on the job? Around 49% of employees have taken a pay cut or suffered a salary freeze since the onset of recession last year. But even though it might ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/troubled-times-hire-an-expert-to-take-care-of-your-career.html This recent NY Times article reports on a study that argues: [If US] achievement gaps [of poor and minority students] were closed, the yearly gross domestic product of the United States would be trillions of dollars higher, or $3 billion to $5 billion more per day. Looking at the actual study, however, ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/contact.html Interesting article by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi argues that the idea that the middle class is overspending itself into debt is a myth. Instead, they try to show that a key reason so many middle-class folks are over-leveraged is because of home costs linked to good schools: Why ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/gallery.html The debate over school choice now clearly needs to be expanded. Kevin Welner, an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Colorado and director of their The Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC) is uniquely positioned to examine the material, holding both a Ph. D. in ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/kevin-welners-neovouchers-a-review.html Have people seen this youtube video? Not to be missed. http://www.kylemosholder.com/a-14-year-old-takes-down-ruby-payne.html New paper by David Berliner. Nicely done summary of the effects of non-school issues on school performance. http://www.kylemosholder.com/poverty-and-potential-out-of-school-factors-and-school-success.html Of course I must get this book. Tales for Little Rebels is the first anthology of radical children’s literature published in the United States. . . . . Tales for Little Rebels . . . explores the inherently political nature of kid lit through an expansive collection of examples. In his foreword, folklorist ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/tales-for-little-rebels-an-anthology-of-radical-childrens-literature.html If it continues (and it likely will), the continuing geographical shift of concentrated poverty from the central city to the suburbs will deeply affect visions of "urban education." Our current model is based on the idea that concentrated poverty around cities is focused in central city areas. What happens when ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/will-there-be-urban-poverty-in-the-future-from-the-inner-city-to-the-doughnut.html The House of Representatives last week passed the GIVE Act, which would, among other things, provide up to $6 billion in federal funds to increase AmeriCorps, expand volunteers to 250,000 (up from 75,000 currently), increase education funding, expand service-learning for K-12 education and colleges and universities, and expand service options ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/service-for-what-for-whom.html I was not a supporter of the selection of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education, but I was willing to withhold judgment, to see where he would attempt to take the nation in education policy. I thought perhaps policy might be made in the White House, with him serving ... http://www.kylemosholder.com/education-mayoral-control-is-not-the-answer.html