Reflections on the Minority Teacher Shortage
According to a recent study entitled “Recruitment, Retention and the Minority Teacher Shortage” conducted by Richard M. Ingersoll and Henry May both of the University of Pennsylvania, in 2008-2009...
View ArticleThe Black Church and the Power of the Student Voice
Since its inception, the Black Church has always played a pivotal role in the fight for Civil Rights, Social Change and Justice. Tracing back to the secret congregations formed by enslaved Africans on...
View ArticleThe School-to-Prison Pipeline
The school- to- prison pipeline or STPP, involves the systematic failure of our educational system to address the academic as well as the social-emotional needs of today’s students, which results in...
View ArticleSchool Closings: Bracing Ourselves for Change
This issue of school closings in Philadelphia is not all black and white (I do mean that figuratively). On one hand, you have parents, student activist and educators alike vowing to fight to keep many...
View ArticleThe Death of a Revolutionnaire
Earlier this month, Philadelphia’s former school chief Dr. Arlene Ackerman passed away after a period of illness due to pancreatic cancer. Prior to battling with her illness, Dr. Ackerman left...
View ArticleLessons Learned from “Being White in Philly”
Recently the Philadelphia Magazine found itself in the middle of a political avalanche resulting from the publishing of a story by writer Robert Huber entitled “Being White In Philly”. In short, many...
View ArticleI’m Just Saying….
I guess I should start by asking my readers (all 5 of you….hahahahaha) to accept my apologies for my hiatus. In short, it’s been a long year. The stress of what I’ll politely refer to as “the year...
View ArticleDear Teachers…..
Dear Teachers, Alongside some of you, last week I attended a Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) General Assembly. The gathering was concerning the expiration of our contract with the School...
View ArticleSpare Me The Shade
Sometimes I sit back and think to myself that it had to have been a teacher who invented the game of throwing shade. Seriously, sometimes I think cardigans and Coach flats aside, The Real Housewives...
View ArticleGood Morning, 2014
A year ago, I blogged about the inevitability of school closures and how we all some how would have to come to grips with the fact that tough times called for tougher decisions. Some how I believed...
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