By Donald H. Smith, Ph.D. and Sam Anderson, Ph.D | Originally Published at Black Star News. June 18, 2013 Carter G. Woodson penned a timeless classic on mis-education [On Education] Common Core State Standards created by the Council of State School Officers and the National Governors [...]
By Bob George and Betsy L. Angert | Published at EmpathyEducates. Today, Chicago Public Schools again asserted that there was a way to "improve" community schools, cut budgets, $52 million dollars worth. The decision to eliminate administrative and operational expenses is touted as a means to help [...]
The American experience defies what was laid out in The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of [...]
© copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert BeThink Look to the left. Look to the "right." In respect to education each side is willing to talk about sensitive subjects. Granted the two sides differ in respect to the specifics and the solutions. Nevertheless, either or each will dive [...]
Photograph; Mike Burley / The Topeka Capital-Journal By Roy Wenzl | Originally Published at Witchita Eagle. June 8, 2013, at 5:27 p.m. Updated Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at 2:53 p.m. | | The Luke Gannon v. State of Kansas Decision The Rev. Jeff Gannon is not a [...]
While the Press may shape the conversation heard on most city streets, and surely the media molds the minds of the elite who never dare venture out into the neighborhoods. Behind the sound barriers society erects, real people speak. Occasionally, their words are placed in print. But [...]
By Kiese Laymon | Originally Published at ESPN. June 7, 2013 | Plenty has been left unsaid in locker rooms at every level | Photographic Credit; Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The conversations we could be having about love, sex and religion My senior year at Oberlin College, [...]
In 2013 the issue of poverty is pronounced. It is the cause of great debate and much conflict. However, the conflict is mostly in interest, self-interest. The one interest that receives far less if any attention at all is poverty and the extent of poverty. How to [...]
© copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink. The situation in Chicago is emblematic of our nation's history. Currently, fifty schools are slated for closure. Some city residents chose to be silent. Silence is perceived as safer. Others are satisfied with the segregation policies that are pervasive. Selective [...]
