The New Hampshire Legislature recently voted to give parents more control over the subjects taught in schools and the manner in which they are taught. On January 4, 2012, the legislature voted to allow parents to request an alternative school curriculum for any subject which has course material which they deem "objectionable". If the parent objects to any curriculum [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday evening GCP attended "A Conversation with Julian Bond and Anderson Cooper", to hear CNN anchor Cooper interview Bond about his life in the civil rights movement. Bond, who was the co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and more recently the Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP, reminisced about the evolution of his work in the civil rights [...]
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 [...]
The Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, a new center at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has released its inaugural report, "Black Male Student Success in Higher Education: A Report from the National Black Male College Achievement Study, which can be found here. Shaun R. Harper, Director of the Center and an [...]
Tonight PBS is airing "Freedom Riders", Stanley Nelson's award-winning documentary about the 1961 Freedom Rides, when more than 400 Black and white Americans risked their lives traveling on buses and trains throughout the south challenging the Jim Crow laws. This is a powerful, inspirational story of an important part of American history. Check your local listings for show times, [...]
Today's inspiring stories for your sons (and for you as well) are provided by members of both teams in today's Super Bowl. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, considered by some to be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, didn't have an easy road to success. Brady's unyielding commitment to hard work and his willingness to persevere [...]
It's February. Black History Month. While many of us wonder why only one month out of the year (and the shortest one at that) is designated for paying national attention to African-American contributions to American history, let us put our cynicism aside, and embrace the many opportunities available this month to help our children learn about our history. Our [...]
Check out Scholastic.com's parent section, found here, for a ton of useful information about parenting. In addition to offering recommendations for children's books and parenting books, this site has sections on Child Development (with Age-by-Age guides to the various ways in which your child will develop, including academically, physically and socially), and School Help (with Grade-by-Grade guides, and many [...]
Hope you got a chance to see "Red Tails" this weekend. What an inspirational, action packed ride! The aerial fighting scenes are incredible. The good news is that lots of folks went on opening weekend. As Box Office Mojo reports, "Red Tails cruised in to second place with a very respectable $18.8 million", which is more than several other [...]