Andre Perry – Education Blog

Where do the 2020 candidates stand on education issues? – Education Article

January 5, 2020

2020 Election, Andre Perry, Columnists, Education Articles, News, Opinion

The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. We’re less than a year away from the 2020 presidential election; last week we saw seven Democratic presidential candidates participate in a forum dedicated to education issues held in Pittsburgh. If you follow my column, you were well-prepped on the issues they discussed. If you didn’t tune in, here’s a…

Making elite colleges white again – Education Article

October 8, 2019

Andre Perry, Columnists, Data and research, Education Articles, Higher Ed, Law and policy, News, Opinion, race

No Comments

The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. A federal court ruled last week in Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard that Harvard University can continue considering race in its admissions processes. Among the many different attributes the Ivy League university looks for in a potential student, such as academic potential, extracurricular activities, community service, maturity, ethical decision-making…

If colleges want a diverse campus they need to amend admissions policies – Education Article

May 24, 2019

Andre Perry, Betsy DeVos, Columnists, Data and research, Education Articles, Higher Ed, Higher education access, News, Opinion, poverty, race

No Comments

For those who seek higher education, access to a college is no longer an insurmountable problem. With more than 5,000 colleges and universities dotted across the United States, and the availability of online and distance learning, more students can find their way into a college classroom than ever before. Yet close inspection reveals that there is a big assumption in our everyday thinking about higher education that is riddled with faults: the idea that individuals choose the colleges they attend.…

On Mother’s Day, skip the flowers and invest in mothers – Education Article

May 12, 2019

Andre Perry, Education Articles, Higher education access, Higher education completion, mother's day, News, Opinion

No Comments

Elsie Mae Boyd worked as a domestic worker, cleaning white people’s houses, through the 1950s and ’60s in Pittsburgh. When I was born in 1970, my biological mother struggled to take care of me so Elsie — the woman I call Mom — informally adopted my older brother and me, with my younger brother joining us a few years later. Mom only had an eighth-grade education, so to make money, she and her daughter Mary “watched,” aka took in or…

Debt forgiveness programs in Michigan to help college students in debt – Education Article

May 7, 2019

Andre Perry, Community College, Education Articles, Graduation and dropouts, Higher Ed, Higher education completion, News, Opinion, race

No Comments

From Left to Right: Russell Kavalhuna, president of Henry Ford College, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, president of Oakland University, M. Roy Wilson, president of Wayne State University, Sandy Baruah, president and CEO of the Chamber and Brandy Johnson, advisor, Office of the Governor – Michigan announce a new initiative to remove college debts at gathering hosted by the Lumina Foundation in Detroit Michigan on April 30, 2019. Andre Perry/The Hechinger Report Many of us have been there. We didn’t pay a…

Students are supposed to read The Scarlet Letter, not wear it – Education Article

January 18, 2019

achievement gap, Andre Perry, Columnists, Data and research, Education Articles, K-12, Law and policy, News, Opinion, social emotional

No Comments

At the start of the 2018-19 school year, every student at Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood, Ariz. was issued a color-coded ID badge.* In the past, red badges denoted a student’s rank as an underclassman. Juniors and seniors wore gray badges. Beyond distinguishing between older and younger students, color coding provided a sense of progression, rank and seniority. However, last year the school decided to take a different direction in categorizing students. Mingus Union forced academically underperforming students to…

Bold, progressive ideas, like quality Pre-K, aren’t unrealistic – Education Article

January 12, 2019

2016 Election, Andre Perry, Columnists, Education Articles, K-12, Opinion, politics

No Comments

Universal pre-K, which was once considered a pipedream for liberal Democrats, is coming closer to reality — because predominantly white conservatives in the deep red state of Alabama have decided to dream along with liberals. After decades of lobbying by early childhood advocates, local businessmen agreed to fund individual programs and initiatives, and used their influence with the staunchly Republican legislature to increase state spending on pre-K in 2012 by $9 million, up 47 percent from the year before. In…