by Robert L Hampel This article contrasts the home study activities of two major universities, Columbia and Wisconsin, with the business practices of the proprietary vendors who dominated the large market for correspondence courses in the 1920s and 1930s. post a comment
by Adam Howard This study examines the understandings of two White affluent students attending an elite private high school about the differences in educational experiences between low-income and affluent students. This article explores the ways in which students with schooling and life advantages actively construct privilege as a dimension or aspect of their identity. post a comment
by Joshua Barnett Every year, it happens in mid-spring. Schools across the country feel the excitement and fervor of March Madness. As sports fans are experiencing the frills and thrills of watching their team march through NCAA tournament rounds, students, parents, teachers, and administrators in local school districts across the nation face a different sense of fervor—standardized tests. In the sports world, Cinderella storylines exist when a team performs above expectation. In the K–12 assessment world, no such opportunity exists. Perhaps educators and policy makers should look away from their respective brackets and consider how to reward their local schools and teachers, who experience their own uncelebrated Cinderella stories each year.
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