"Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries" - bell hooks

A New Day!

Wed Nov 5, 2008 8:26 AM EST

I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

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Are we ready?

Sun Oct 5, 2008 9:23 AM EDT

The historical implications of the 2008 Presidential election will either reveal our greatness as a nation or illuminate our dysfunctional underbelly.

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It's the economy......

Sat Aug 9, 2008 8:51 AM EDT

The presidential election is being diverted from a discussion of the issues to a meaningless dialogue on perception and personality. We are drawn to banal comparisons of one candidate being depicted as a cult of personality and the other as the anointed saviour of democracy.

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John and Cindy McCain go to Sturgis

Sat Aug 9, 2008 12:07 AM EDT

Posted by David Horsey at August 7, 2008 10:22 p.m. A last word on McCain and the bikers I can't quite let go of this John McCain appearance at Sturgis.............

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Race.......the pink elephant in the room.....can we talk?

Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:22 AM EDT

How do we move beyond the one issue our great nation seems unable to address...race? Racial disharmony is exacerbated by ignorance and the willingness by some to remain in perpetual stasis.

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We can change the world!

Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:18 PM EDT

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. BARACK OBAMA, speech, Feb. 5, 2008

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Can we discuss race?

Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:50 PM EDT

I have attached a clip which speaks to the stereotypes embedded within the social construct of our nation. Many people feel that African American people are overly sensitive regarding racial commentary yet there are far too many negative depictions of Black people.

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Douglas High School An American Dream or Nightmare?

Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:58 AM EDT

Last night I cried. I did so after watching a sobering documentary on HBO visualized through the lens of Susan and Alan Raymond, which chronicled the academic year of a public urban high school.

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Overcoming The Academic Achievement Gap

Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:39 PM EDT

Racially segregated public school school systems have become the norm in our urban communities and threaten to dismantle the standards established during the civil-rights era.

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Are we willing to change?

Sun Jun 8, 2008 1:15 PM EDT

As we close out this school year many administrators will sit in bewilderment after noting the high number of students assessed a failing grade in [final] marking period progress reports.

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Failure Is Not An Acceptable Option

Tue May 27, 2008 3:27 PM EDT

"Leadership is about vision. But leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted." Jim Collins - Good to Great

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The New Jersey Abbott School Funding Myth

Sun May 18, 2008 5:51 PM EDT

New Jersey remains one of the most segregated public school systems, by student poverty and race, in the nation thus validating an urgency for fundamental change.

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Is it ever about the children?

Sun May 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT

"I believe that the school is primarily a social institution.

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Why Now?

Sun May 4, 2008 10:33 PM EDT

The media allowed Jeremiah Wright to capitalize on 15 minutes of fame and in the process provided fodder for those who want the partisanship political process to remain as status quo.

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Urban schools

Sun May 4, 2008 1:33 PM EDT

"There's a reason no one comes to school; there's got to be some interesting classes! The only interesting class at my old school was graphics, and that class was always full. So there was really nothing to do, ever.

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Deconstructing a culture of failure

Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM EDT

"It is the premise of the framework for teaching that it is important for students-all students- to acquire deep and flexible understanding of complex content, to be able to formulate and test hypotheses, to analyze information, and to be able to relate one part of their learning …

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Public Education Deferred

Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:40 PM EDT

"Part of a teachers job is giving teenagers the practice at that independence-not just controlling the kids in their classes but actually giving them more ability to try things out for themselves." Mahogany [student] "Fires in the Bathroom", Kathleen Cushman

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Creating a Society of Learners

Sun Apr 6, 2008 11:48 AM EDT

Society of Learners Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. James A. Garfield (1831 – 1881), July 12, 1880

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Democracy under fire

Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:57 AM EDT

I along with thousands of others have watched from the sidelines as the Democratic Primary reveals an inability to move beyond the fallacious Clinton mantra "let the voters be heard".

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