We Act Radio broadcasts from east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. A short distance to the east on Good Hope Road is the Anacostia branch of the public library. A few blocks away, African Heritage Dancers and Drummers… Read More ›
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Book Deserts and Their Effects
Feature Report: “Book Deserts and Their Effects” — with citations and resources Recording, 7/13/17, begins at 2:00 — Over the past few years, the District has been one of three cities involved in a study of access to children’s books…. Read More ›
Students, Communities in Mourning and Fear Coast to Coast
From Sand Point Elementary in Seattle, WA, to South Lakes High School in Fairfax, VA, violent, fear-inducing incidents on one day, suggest it is time to mourn — and then #dosomething more. Feature Report begins at 6:20 — The PTA… Read More ›
DeVos, “Liberty,” and Education
“Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law, period.” This is what US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Over and over. She repeated this so many times that US News called it… Read More ›
Feature: Pearson, DeVos, LGBT Book Month
This report begins with a financial note from earlier this month. In addition: US Secretary of Education defends right to discriminate, while libraries help us prepare now for LGBT Book Month. Feature report begins at 4:45 — Pearson Down-Sizing, Focusing… Read More ›
James Baldwin Archives and National Library Action Day
A large portion of James Baldwin’s personal papers are now accessible to the public through the New York Public Library. Yesterday, the Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announced acquisition of the author’s personal archive. Baldwin, was born… Read More ›
Federal Funding for Libraries, Museums Eliminated in FY2018 Budget
The Library of Congress announced, earlier this week, the acquisition of 575,000 images from the Civil Rights Movement. Photographer Bob Adelman volunteered with CORE – the Congress for Racial Equality – in the early 1960s to document protests and became… Read More ›
The “Trump Effect” at School?
Jewish schools and Jewish community center pre-schools have received 126 bomb threats in 2017. (Update: 144 as of March 16; latest from Jewish Daily Forward) Two DC area schools were among those threatened in late February: the Charles E. Smith… Read More ›
Educators as Community Protectors
In the wake of the recent election, teachers in the U.S. must cope with threats to immigrants in their classrooms and communities, in addition to their usual responsibilities. In December, the president-elect’s transition team asked the Department of Homeland Security… Read More ›
Students Aint Bullet Proof
On Tuesday, protesters disrupted the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Committee of the Whole meeting, with demands concerning policing in schools and use of military surplus equipment. Los Angeles is among schools systems around the country which had obtained military… Read More ›
