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Louisiana Educational Assessment Program Scores – Smoke And Mirrors

Photograph; Arthur Ashe, an independent charter school in the state's Recovery School District, students prepare for LEAP exams. | Advocate staff photo By John McCusker Introductory Essay By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., an Educator, a former John McDonogh School Principal and a New Orleans resident For years the [...]

Louisiana Educational Assessment Program Scores – Smoke And Mirrors2016-11-29T17:37:44-05:00

Becoming a White Ally to Black People in the Aftermath of the Michael Brown Murder

By Janee Woods | Originally Published What Matters. August 17, 2014 | Photograph; Michael Brown | Facebook As we all know by now, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy, was gunned down by the police while walking to his grandmother’s house in the middle of the [...]

Becoming a White Ally to Black People in the Aftermath of the Michael Brown Murder2016-11-29T17:37:44-05:00

The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race

Photograph; A protestor during demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo. on August 17, 2014. | Credit; Jon Lowenstein—Noor for TIME Kareem Abdul-Jabbar @kaj33 | Originally Published at Time. August 17, 2014 Ferguson is not just about systemic racism — it's about class warfare and how America's poor are held [...]

The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race2016-11-29T17:37:45-05:00

West Florissant is America’s Jericho Road

One of the most famous parables in the Christian Bible is the story of the Good Samaritan. It has been told and retold in many different ways—many different times. Likely the most effective use of this story told by Jesus of Nazareth, in the modern [...]

West Florissant is America’s Jericho Road2016-11-29T17:37:45-05:00

A Mother’s White Privilege

By Elizabeth Broadbent | Originally Published at Manic Pixie Dream Mama. August 17, 2014 What if my son was black? How would you see this picture? As the ongoing events in Ferguson, Missouri show us, America’s racial tensions didn’t disappear when George Wallace backed down [...]

A Mother’s White Privilege2016-11-29T17:37:45-05:00

Why More and More Restaurants Are Banning Kids

By Roya Wolverson @royawolverson | Originally Published at Quartz. August 16, 2014 The first time I saw an infant at a raucous concert in Brooklyn, NY, I was shocked. I was in my late 20s and had had it with the abrasive noise and spilled beer after [...]

Why More and More Restaurants Are Banning Kids2016-11-29T17:37:45-05:00

Like Dred Scott, Michael Brown Was Denied His Right to Live—and to Live as an American

By Blair L.M. Kelley | Originally Published at The Root. August 14, 2014 6:32 PM | Photograph; Michael Brown | Facebook In Dred Scott’s America—in the same part of Missouri where Brown was killed—black Americans were denied rights and their future. That’s not far off from what [...]

Like Dred Scott, Michael Brown Was Denied His Right to Live—and to Live as an American2016-11-29T17:37:45-05:00

I Don’t Know How to Talk to White People About Ferguson

You might want to grab a hankie before you read. If you ever wondered whether empathy educates, sit back, peruse, and breathe. Photograph; Ali Barthwell Ali Barthwell | Originally Published at xoJane. August 14, 2014 at 12:30PM I don’t know how to tell people that I’d rather [...]

I Don’t Know How to Talk to White People About Ferguson2016-11-29T17:37:46-05:00

Revisiting Content and Direct Instruction

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. |Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. August 14, 2014 It is the 1890s, and educators are concerned that students are not receiving the quality education they deserve—especially if those students plan to attend college. What became known as The Report of the [...]

Revisiting Content and Direct Instruction2016-11-29T17:37:46-05:00
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