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Stanford Study Confirms: Fewer Black and Hispanic Students at Elite Colleges Than There Were Decades Ago

A study recently released by Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis has found that Black and Hispanic students remain significantly underrepresented in the nation's most selective colleges. The study, which can be found here, concludes that as recently as 2004, white students were five times as likely as Black students to enroll in selective colleges. White students with [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2012-07-18T12:30:19-04:00July 18th, 2012|Ages 16-18, College Bound Students|Comments Off

Better to be a Helicopter Parent or Let Your Kids Fail and Learn From Their Mistakes?

Today's New York Times "Room for Debate" discussion takes on the topic of "The Hovering Parent", and asks a number of columnists whether helicopter parenting has started to "crash and burn". Have parents gotten so involved with managing their children's lives that they are stunting their development into young adults who can think for themselves and learn from their [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2012-07-15T21:11:08-04:00July 15th, 2012|Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents|Comments Off

Should We Tell Our Children They Are Special?

Have you heard about the commencement speech given by David McCullough Jr., an English teacher at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts, in which he told the graduating seniors "you are not special"? Rather than deliver the expected "go out and conquer the world" graduation speech, the teacher surprised the gathered body with comments like: You are not special. You [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:20:54-04:00June 13th, 2012|Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12|Comments Off

Top Universities Offering Free Online Classes

We at GCP are keenly focused on the advances in online education, and they are coming fast and furiously. MIT and Harvard recently announced a new nonprofit partnership known as EdX which will offer free online courses from both universities. EdX, which is expected to offer its first five courses this fall, will be overseen by a nonprofit organization [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:20:55-04:00May 10th, 2012|Academics, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students|1 Comment

Portland High School’s Impressive AP Math Class

A recent story from a Portland high school, found here, demonstrates what we already know -- young Black men (and women) can excel in challenging subject areas if given the opportunity. Portland's De La Salle North Catholic High School, which enrolls students from low-income backgrounds who come to 9th grade an average of 18 months behind academically, has an [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00April 11th, 2012|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Math|Comments Off

Tell Your Sons About Trayvon Martin

By now we imagine you are well aware that Black teenager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by white Hispanic neighborhood crime watch volunteer George Zimmerman while Martin walked unarmed and alone in a residential neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, and that the Sanford police department has refused to arrest Zimmerman, accepting his claims that he was acting in self-defense [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 21st, 2012|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Saving Our Sons|2 Comments

NYC Principals Cite Cultural Disconnect to Explain Greater Suspension Numbers for Black and Hispanic Students

Several New York City principals have suggested that the disproportionate number of Black and Hispanic students suspensions in NYC public schools can be traced to the failure of teachers and administrators to understand the street-wise origins of the students' aggressive behavior. In an article found here the principals suggest that these students are having trouble understanding that the combative [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 12th, 2012|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Experts|2 Comments

Noteworthy News Items

Here are some noteworthy news items which have surfaced this week: Rise in Preschoolers with Cavities: Dentists nationwide say they are seeing more preschoolers at all income levels with 6 to 10 cavities or more, according to a New York Times article published yesterday and found here. Some dentists have resorted to using general anesthesia on their toddler patients [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 7th, 2012|Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 16-18|Comments Off

How To Choose the Best School for Your Son

Today’s post comes from Anne Williams-Isom and Jennifer Jones Austin. Anne Williams-Isom, author of the GCP post “Words of Wisdom from a Montessori Mom” (October 4, 2011) is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Harlem Children's Zone. She and her husband are raising their three children in Harlem. Jennifer Jones Austin is the Senior Vice President of the [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 21st, 2012|Academics, Admissions, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12|Comments Off

Online Help for High Schoolers from MIT

You may have already heard the news that MIT has a free online program called "Open Course Wear" which contains course material for roughly 2,100 MIT classes. If you haven't, you can read all about it in the Forbes article, "M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All" found here. What you may not know is that included on MIT's [...]

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 12th, 2012|Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Math|1 Comment