Urban Educator Fighting for Public Education for our Communities and Finding My Voice in the Process
While neoliberal Democratic and conservative politicians as well as America’s corporate class habitually turn national crises into financial and power-concentrating opportunities to oppress poor and working people, this Coronavirus era represents a unique opening for America’s marginalized workers to assert and regain power.
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In retrospect, however, these classroom angels don’t challenge us, and in lacking a challenge, these students don’t help us become better at our craft.
“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
Certainly, behavioral and academic correction can be an expression of care, but students have to know caring is the place where the correction originates.
Simply put, I’m asserting, the black education “leadership” class as referenced above are corporatists disguised as activists, and not at all are not who they claim to be.
Stepping back, I surmise that the ideals espoused by these pillars of Black Liberation Theology, should align seamlessly with the ideals of urban public education where masses of students of color come from communities that are the most economically challenged, and politically isolated.
Sometimes “playing the game” simply aint worth it…
…the original can be found here…http://www.bluejersey.com/2015/05/welcome-to-camden-president-obama-here-are-some-things-i-think-you-need-to-know-about-education/ On May 18, 2015, President Barack Obama made a presidential trip to Camden to talk about “Camden Rising”. He spoke of stronger bonds between the new Camden County Police Department and residents, an economic resurgence embodied in the arrival of massive corporations, and a Continue Reading…
The Myth of the “Failing” Urban School Narrative
“Failing” (their definition) schools are not the cause for the lack of future opportunities for low-income students of color, but capitalism and racial discrimination are. And, education reform through urban school closure and broader proliferation of corporate charter schools, as advocated by the Education Reform Community, does nothing to address either.
