It’s Hard to Teach an “Ole” Dog New Tricks
Not much to say here. Mississippi once again makes a fool of itself. After President Obama was reelected, a group of students at Mississippi’s largest university, “Ole Miss” decided to protest on...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Wish For… (Chicago Strikes Back)
There’s a well-known saying that goes like this: “be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.” I noticed last night that citizens in Chicago voted to have an elected school board...
View ArticleBattle: Los Angeles (Divide and Conquer)
Please read the following article about the fires of racial tensions being rekindled due to a lack of thoughtfulness and financial equality around revised public transit plans. Aren’t we in 2012? Why...
View ArticleHips Don’t Lie, and Fad-Based Myths Don’t Die
Due in part to the maddening flurry of education reform related articles in the past two month, I had essentially sworn off blogging. While in the groove of seeing real change happening on the ground...
View Article“L’eggo My [Ego]!”
Some sticky situations arose this week and I’m not talking about waffle syrup. If you are wondering why we still have violence and education crises in modern day America, look no further than the grown...
View ArticleThe True Story of Blitzen… [Not About Unions]
Disclaimer: this has NOTHING to do with education. Unless you make the case that Blitzen would have received due justice had he been represented by the Reindeer’s Union (led by Reinde R. Wintergarden)....
View ArticleWhere Have All the Bloggers Gone?
I recently read Gary Rubinstein’s post entitled: “The Silence of the (Sacrificial) Lambs” and immediately thought back to the classic Paula Cole hit, “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” In the past...
View ArticleThe Catch-22 of Teach For America
[Click here to read: Teach For America Isn't Perfect, but it Has Been a Boost to Education] I haven’t posted here in over four months, but I wanted to share some thoughts from all the TFA hoopla as of...
View ArticleTo Fight Poverty and Beyond
Last week, I finally returned to blogging after half of year of internet slumber. To be truthful, I haven’t lost track of the arguments on all sides, I simply choose to take a step back from the daily...
View ArticleCan Segregation Be #Beautiful?
Earlier in the summer, musical sensations Mariah Carey and Miguel released a collaboration entitled “#Beautiful.” The song had some chart success and created a solid level of buzz for the long-time...
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