gap watch

We've talked about it before, but it's worth repeating: There is a major gap in the way we discipline children in schools. This New York Times piece…

I don't know about you, but I feel like any gap I had in my knowledge about disparities and inequity between schools was closed by Jennifer Guerra's…

A high poverty school in Wayne County is so afraid of the repercussions of speaking honestly about their challenges with staffing, student achievement and…

This week Jennifer Guerra will take us along as she spends time in fifth grade in two metro Detroit school districts.The districts have very different…

Gather round the radio, iPod, or what have you and listen in as Jennifer Guerra takes us into fifth grade in two school districts with very different…

In March of last year, 9th grader Kyle Thompson and his science teacher got into a tug-of-war with a sheet of paper, a “hit list,” that he had written.…

A person in poverty does not, of course, need something different from their news than a person who is not in poverty. Hypothetically, that is. But today…

Time is a limited commodity for everyone. The rich, the poor, and almost everyone in between can be over scheduled and overtired. If you are a regular…

Royal Oak based Beaumont Children's Hospital is trying to raise awareness about a kids health disparity that until now has not gotten much attention, the…

Women fill almost half of all jobs in the United States, but they fill less than 25% of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)…