Mar
02
How My Wife’s Journey in School Made Me a Better Educator
There is a very special woman in my life that taught me much of what I know about education…
Category: Public Commentary
Feb
27
The Genuine Problems I Have with the Education Reform Community…a series (Pt. 1)
Reason 1: Their Committed Ignorance that Urban Education Reform through Dismantling Public Schools is More Subversive than Simply Improving Educational Trajectories for Students of Color
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Feb
26
Trust the Wisdom of Our Students: A Case for Camden* County College
(Feel free to subsitute Camden for any county – the message stays the same) Each Spring, in efforts the celebrate our graduating public-school seniors, the Camden Education Association publishes the name of every graduating senior along with their post-secondary destination whether it be college, trade school, employment, or the military. Continue Reading…
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Feb
26
Where We, in Camden’s (Urban) Public Schools*, Dropped the Ball (reprise)
The common understanding of “better” schools motivating parents to choose schools is understood to reference a better academic setting, but this is a not central motivator for school selection. Parent choice by urban parents is more complex than “school quality”
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Feb
25
The Op/Ed TAPIntoCamden Refused to Run… sent 2/16/2020
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
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Feb
25
In Camden, Collective Sacrifices Must Be Made
Article can be accessed at: http://www.bluejersey.com/2019/03/in-camden-collective-sacrifices-must-be-made/ 3/28/2019 The night following the Camden City School District’s monthly meeting, I found it enormously difficult to sleep – so much so, that at 3:42 am I am awake writing this Op/Ed. Comments made by the Acting State Superintendent Katrina McCombs regarding the fiscal Continue Reading…
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Feb
25
An Open Letter to Donald Trump from the Camden Education Association…
Article also available at: http://www.bluejersey.com/2019/08/an-open-letter-to-donald-trump-from-the-camden-education-association/ To Donald Trump: As a force of 1100 public school educators consisting of guidance counselors, social workers, clerks, paraprofessionals, early childhood staff, attendance officers, security officers, and teachers comprising the Camden Education Association, I am writing this open letter to you to communicate our thorough Continue Reading…
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Feb
25
Camden EA president walks 40 miles to protest budget crisis
Article can be accessed at: https://www.njea.org/camden-ea-president-walks-40-miles-to-protest-budget-crisis/ Protesting the potential closing of schools, Dr. Keith Eric Benson, president of the Camden Education Association (CEA), walked more than 40 miles to raise awareness about the budget crisis facing the city’s traditional public schools. Benson began his walk on Monday, April 15 at Continue Reading…
