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Posted in America, Education, Issues of Race, issues of class on Jun 25th, 2008
Hard Times at Douglass High - Clip 4by HBOclips
Hard Times at Douglas High, an HBO documentary, purports itself to be an expose on President Bush’s failed No Child Left Behind act. The film is more of an indictment on concentrated poverty and castrated school systems who have neither the desire nor the tools to assist [...]
Posted in Education, Food For Thought, Student Resources, Whatever is on my mind, issues of class, students, teaching on May 17th, 2008
I was here reading this and was again inspired by my fellow edubloggers out there.
College does not necessarily equal success to many people. My wife has a friend who is a hair-dresser who is making over 6 figures every year and the guy is 25 years old. No college.
I have a friend who went to [...]
Posted in Education, Food For Thought, Student Resources, The Black Family, Whatever is on my mind, students, teaching on Mar 1st, 2008
One of my morning duties at work is to escort the students from the gymnasium to the 6th grade hall to make sure none of them end up on another hall wreaking havoc and just causing general mayhem. So, yesterday, I’m doing my usual duty when I notice that a young lady has headphones on [...]
