Urban Educator Fighting for Public Education for our Communities and Finding My Voice in the Process
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continued from Part III… Groups like these (above) invest, meaning put up money, to make money by propping up corporate charter schools, and dismantling specifically public schools with majority students and teachers of color in the process. These investment firms, started by the rich (and white), are quite literally making Continue Reading…
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And in folks ignoring that economic situatedness, more than anything, influences students’ academic outcomes and economic opportunity, again, absolves government and politicians of their responsibility to fix economic inequality.
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Black folks have always had to contend with the systemic injustices of capitalism, while we simultaneously have to deal with centuries of injustice due to racism and racial exploitation. That dual experience is real, distinct, and unique.
In all honesty now, it kind of surprises me that like MPD’s 3rd Precinct, some of our schools haven’t gone up in flames already.
There is nothing glamourous or flashy about the establishing, and existence, of love in our classrooms or in our purpose to educate students.
…on living in Camden as a city educator In the midst of the COVID19 quarantine that is proving to be enormously trying for tens of millions of Americans, I want to wish everyone tidings of safety, peace, and love during these difficult times. And while much has been written about Continue Reading…
Certainly, behavioral and academic correction can be an expression of care, but students have to know caring is the place where the correction originates.
