Alan M. Blankstein

Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids

Alan was recently interviewed by NPR’s Claudio Sanchez about children growing up fatherless in the US. See the full article at NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/06/18/533062607/poverty-dropouts-pregnancy-suicide-what-the-numbers-say-about-fatherless-kids You cite a U.S. Department of Education study that found 39 percent of students, first through 12th grade, are fatherless. Fatherlessness is having a great impact on education.…

Building Trust in Schools

The pioneering work around the importance of building trust in schools is more critical now than ever due to our current political climate, growing xenophobia, and the credibility of our media, judiciary branch and intelligence community being called into question regularly. In my first edition of Failure Is Not an…

Courage to Act: What Should Follow Orlando?

The most recent in a spate of mass shootings calls upon our courageous capacity to act in a new way. The circumstances surrounding this travesty, as in Sandy Hook, Charleston, and Sacramento, are familiar. Mental instability finds direction and affirmation in hate groups, and a combustible ending through firearms designed…

Alan Interviewed on BAM radio – What specifically can educators do?

Alan was recently interviewed on BAM radio. Every educator has a role to play in creating educational equity. What specifically can educators do? Play Episode More about the show: here

Highlights from ASCD 2016

The movement to assure excellence for all students gains momentum following a standing ovation by 8,000 educational leaders at the ASCD annual convention in Atlanta this weekend: “Equity is the issue of our times. Our children are experiencing great trials and challenges due to the underlying issues of inequity—all…

Alan M. Blankstein

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Co-Author Pedro Noguera

Co-Author Alan Blankstein

Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids

Building Trust in Schools

Courage to Act: What Should Follow Orlando?

Alan Interviewed on BAM radio – What specifically can educators do?

Highlights from ASCD 2016