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Mar 29

Beyond the Jargon: Connecting the Dots of What’s Happening in Our Schools

…click here to view panel discussion A panel of four experts, Keron Blair (activist and national organizer for the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools), Marilyn Shank (Indiana Coalition for Public Education), Dr. Kristen Buras (professor of Education Policy Studies at Georgia State University), and Dr. Keith Benson (teacher, parent, and Continue Reading…

Mar 29

The Edupurist Podcast with Ray Ankrum 1: Episode 3: Dr. Keith Benson & Dr. Charles Cole III “All The Smoke 💨”

“Both participants are scholars and gentlemen for allowing me to probe, and for us to have a great conversation centered around our differences, and how we can meet in the middle on some things.” – Ray Ankrum

Mar 29

It’s been a long time coming, but change is gonna come in Camden’s schools | Opinion

… Originally run here on 1/21/2020 In 2014, Pete Denton of Excellent Education for Everyone, a New Jersey policy group, said, “Perhaps, most people in this room realize that an awful lot of people in the state don’t realize that we’re actually on track to shut down the traditional Camden public Continue Reading…

Mar 25

A Review of Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay, a Review from the Perspective of a Black, Socialist Union Leader

From my perspective, the ouroboros is a metaphorical rendering of American racism and those policies that perpetuate and reinforce it in their coupled exploitation of the nonwhite and the underclass.

Mar 19

George Norcross, Chris Christie, and Paymon Rouhanifard: The triumverite who snaked “renaissance” (corporate takeover) schools into Camden

“By working with Norcross – by dealing with him – Christie could infuse his term as governor with near limitless potential.” Similarly, few could argue that as a result of their shared alliance, Norcross emerged even more powerful than he was prior to Christie’s election.