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The Achievement Gap Problem Hits Home. Literally.
Below is my response to this article about an elementary school principal in Ann Arbor, MI, the city in which I went to school. The synopsis: a Black principal started a group called “Lunch Bunch” for...
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Amazing Grace, How Dangerous You Sound
The response below is based upon this email, in which Harvard Law Review editor Stephanie Grace indicates that she would entertain the possibility of the genetic intellectual inferiority of African...
View ArticleNew study shows New York Public Schools are unable to teach Black male students
The city is one of the 10 worst-performing large school districts in the nation when it comes to African-American boys. The Schott Foundation for Public Education study looked at graduation rates,...
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DC Schools Principal Lamont Geddis featured in Teach.gov commercial
As we like to say, “Yep. He’s one of ours.” HBCU Alumnus Lamont Geddis is featured in this commercial encouraging folks to consider teaching as a profession. Well done Monty.
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Roundup Radio: Black Leadership, Integration, and HBCUs
Roundup Radio- Lavell Flamon, Educator Maurice Dolberry, and Grammy Award winning rapper David Banner discuss Black Leadership, the impact of Integration, and touch on the topic of HBCUs. Moderated...
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Should the N-Word be taken out of classic school taught literature?
A new edition of “Huckleberry Finn” removes the 219 uses of the word “nigger” in the novel and replaces them with “slave.” The professor who proposed the idea said he did it because he was hesitant to...
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Is Keeping Cursive Writing Worth the Fight?
It was Edward Bulwer-Lytton who once coined the iconic phrase, “Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.” A bold but true statement, its heft has been evident in...
View ArticleEducator’s Response: Teacher’s Smack-Down on Black Children
I’m gonna take a different approach on this one. Before that though, let me honor this man for handling these two children exactly as he should have. Two adolescent boys squaring each other up aren’t...
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March 9th: Critical Race Theory, Breitbart, and What Biggie Has To Do With It
Mo the Educator’s critical analysis of the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s connection to critical race theory. http://content.bitsontherun.com/previews/ITUgkkVN-svqBtzyp
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Omar McGee is Bringing Financial Literacy to South Central LA
My name is… Omar McGee. The reason you are reading about me is… I have a non-profit organization, Inner City Outreach, that I started while I was at Howard University (HU!!!) to help students pay for...
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