The verdict is still on my mind….I find it really troubling that in this day and age I will have to have “The Talk” with my son one day. The Talk that explains how he needs to act when he gets pulled over by the police, The Talk that explains to him that he does… Continue reading A Black Father’s Thoughts on the Dreaded Conversation with his Son
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Kids React Adorably To Cheerios Ad That Sparked Racist Backlash (VIDEO)
HMMM …Maybe these Kids should have been on the Zimmerman Jury…. It appears a bunch of kids are more mature than some YouTube commentators. When a Cheerios commercial featuring a biracial couple launched two months ago, it was met with so much racist backlash that YouTube had to pull the comments section. But ask a group… Continue reading Kids React Adorably To Cheerios Ad That Sparked Racist Backlash (VIDEO)
8 Facts You Didn’t Know About Dreams
Dreams reveal our subconscious, sometimes they can be completely random and they don’t make sense, on average humans tend to have around 3 to 7 dreams a night, we dream around 2 to 3 hours in a whole night and the most interesting thing is that a 90% of the dream is lost the first… Continue reading 8 Facts You Didn’t Know About Dreams
The Ear You Put your Phone up to May Say Something about the Person You’re Talking With?
This has to do with right vs. left brain theories, in fact the right and left ears process sound differently, the left hemisphere of the brain dominates over the right in processing different sounds, this actually dominates in processing rapidly changing sounds such as in speech and words, and is important to take into consideration that… Continue reading The Ear You Put your Phone up to May Say Something about the Person You’re Talking With?
A Visiting Scholar
I have a violet lanyard, and attached to it is a violet ID card from New York University. At the bottom, under my picture, it says, “Visiting Scholar.” Yes, friends, it’s summer and time for all good teachers, at some point in their careers, to be called a Visiting Scholar. My entrée to this august… Continue reading A Visiting Scholar
New York Teacher Rapes his 10-Year-Old Student after Deceiving her Parents
A teacher in New York stooped to disgusting lows to have sex with his 10-year-old student. According to reports, 5th grade teacher, Anthony Criscuolo deceived the parents of the 10-year-old girl, who was a student in his class. Criscuolo told the girl’s parents that she won an academic award and was taking her to the… Continue reading New York Teacher Rapes his 10-Year-Old Student after Deceiving her Parents
Hurry Up and Wait: Putting the Brakes on Teacher Evaluation
As if educators, including me, several times, haven’t been clear enough that rushing into an untested teacher evaluation system is a terrible idea, along comes our esteemed Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan to finally get the message: schools need more time to implement, experiment and, yes, evaluate the new system before it becomes operative and… Continue reading Hurry Up and Wait: Putting the Brakes on Teacher Evaluation
The Lesson We Never Learn
After 29 years in the classroom, and with a pretty savvy political sense, if I may be so bold, I consider myself a keen observer of most things educational, but this story about Philadelphia’s schools made me shiver with anger from the first paragraph: Andrew Jackson School too agitated to eat breakfast on Friday, an… Continue reading The Lesson We Never Learn
When Whites Attend HBCUs, Is That Progress?
Alyssa Paddock poses with friends at Howard University. (Courtesy of Alyssa Paddock) Racial integration has long been a symbol of American progress, but Stephen Crockett Jr. wonders at the Washington Post whether white students attending predominantly black educational institutions will be remembered as a step forward or an odd joke. In the last few weeks, two white… Continue reading When Whites Attend HBCUs, Is That Progress?
Fraternity at University of Chicago Involved in Racist, Homophobic Prank
Iran Becton, a mail carrier whose route is on the University of Chicago campus, recently delivered 79 packages to 5625 S. University, a Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. The 79 packages were to be delivered to “Reggin Toggaf”. Spelled backwards they reveal a racist and gay slur. Becton, who is black believes the post office… Continue reading Fraternity at University of Chicago Involved in Racist, Homophobic Prank
Trustee: Howard U Could ‘Not Be Here in 3 Years’
Howard University students compete in the 2012 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. Ominous news for the nation’s second-ranked historically black college: A vice chairwoman of Howard University’s board of trustees recently told the board of the Washington, D.C., school that the institution “is in genuine trouble,” the Washington Post reports. “Howard will not be here in three years… Continue reading Trustee: Howard U Could ‘Not Be Here in 3 Years’
Virginia School Board Member Faces Ouster After Sending Racist Michelle Obama Emails
A string of racist emails and controversial remarks have shaken up a school board in southeastern Virginia’s Isle of Wight County, and now one of the people responsible is facing intense pressure to resign. On Thursday, board members voted 4 to 1 to officially call for their colleague Herb DeGroft to step down over emails… Continue reading Virginia School Board Member Faces Ouster After Sending Racist Michelle Obama Emails