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Multicultural issues
I saw this book the other day, titled Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown. I get it, I see the varying “colors” of people on the front cover. The message most likely that all peoples, persons...
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#Education film trailer
I thought everyone out there would get a kick out of a trailer my students and I made in the genre of “savior teacher” a la Dangerous Minds or Freedom Writers. Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings...
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Ed Notes posts the Success Academy’s #parent handbook, white colonialism on...
Yes, I’m one of the 35% of white folks who thinks the shooting of Trayvon Martin was racially motivated. And not necessarily from the perspective that Zimmerman was a rabid white supremacist or...
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I’m a little pissed off, and here’s why
So, I went to visit one of my former student teachers today who is teaching third grade in Baltimore City. She was one of the best I had in my cohort last year. She is a very nice person, a creative...
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I think I figured something out. Surprised?!?
It has always been remarkable to me why we don’t see a prevalence of charter schools and other hallmarks of school choice in rural communities. There is just as much poverty, neglect, abuse, and family...
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The Little Blue Engine that shouldn’t. Take a seat.
I want you to read the following poem by Shel Silverstein, one that is the inspiration for a new “reformy” organization called Blue Engine. The little blue engine looked up at the hill. His light was...
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Anecdotes on teacher evaluation, horror-show edition @NCTQ
The DCPS IMPACT is considered by many to be a model for the nation, or it was in its heyday just a few years ago. It is now derided, disliked, and distrusted by nearly every DCPS educator with whom I...
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Random thought to start the day, on #grit and instructional time
Katie Osgood once again waxes defiantly against the most ridiculous concept of “grit.” I suggest reading that. I want to support this with my own experience. It is one thing to ensure that all students...
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Do private money and Title I money break even?
In a word, no. The two kinds of money don’t represent an apples-to-apples comparison because different rules govern how they can be spent, but the raw totals show that schools that get public money do...
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Back from vacation to crowdsource a problem with school enrollment
Help. My elementary school in a low-income part of Washington, DC needs its community to enroll its children in school. Otherwise, we’re going to have a problem. In previous weeks, and in weeks to...
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