An education is democratic when those who receive it can deliberate in its planning, governance and delivery. If you’re not deliberating with the education process, then you’re just being indoctrinated. The absence of Latino voices from the education process means that many people are not determining what it means to be an American for themselves. […]
Never Too Early
By sixth grade, a child from a poor family has spent an estimated 6,000 fewer hours learning than a peer from an affluent household, who tends to have more exposure to books, museums, travel and summer camp. The Hechinger Report is spending a year exploring this so-called “opportunity gap.”
