CNN.com - Transcripts (Brown v. Board 50 years later)

A good discussion involving some of the best known minds in the education arena. A good read.


CNN.com - Transcripts

JBHE: Vital Statistics

JBHE: Vital Statistics

Black Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show

Black Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show

Charter schools better? - Find a School | GreatSchools

The most recent comprehensive study on a large number of charter schools. Seems that some are better than regular public schools and some are not. However, overall trend regarding closing the achievement gap appears to be better than average.



Charter schools better? - Find a School | GreatSchools

What to expect in preschool: Literacy - Academic Skills | GreatSchools

This site is an advocate for reading to young children. It is identified as one of the "Characteristics of a Learning Culture." Click on the link below for some excellent tips on preschool literacy. The struggle to Achieve Academic Excellence actually starts before the child ever enters an actual school. It starts at home with parents.



What to expect in preschool: Literacy - Academic Skills GreatSchools

Bucks Co. Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students « CBS Philly

Now, this is at least one view of how a teacher really feels about what she experiences in her classroom.
And, this from a middle class school. (Pictured: Teacher, Natalie Munroe)


Bucks Co. Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students « CBS Philly

What Teachers Wish Parents Knew | Psychology Today

From the teacher to the parent. Click the link below.

What Teachers Wish Parents Knew | Psychology Today

Louisiana District-AT-A- Glance Website/LA School Report Cards

Click the link below to go to the District-at-a-glance website. This site will allow the creation of reports on a district by district basis.


http://www.doe.state.la.us/dag/default.aspx



Louisiana School Report cards 

http://www.doe.state.la.us/data/school_report_cards.aspx

U.S. Department of Labor -- History -- The Negro Family - The Case for National Action

The Moynihan Report, 1965.


U.S. Department of Labor -- History -- The Negro Family - The Case for National Action

Black History Month 2011

This year Black History Month should focus on rebuilding the nuclear family and the critical importance of academic achievement.  I will create a special page called Black History Month. My intent is to post nothing but information related to family and academic achievement.

(Pictured: Carter G. Woodson, 1875-1950, founder of  Black History Week)

Our history is rich in both of those areas. Yet, today over 70% of our kids are born to single mothers. This, even in view of significant data suggesting these children generally struggle in all key indicators of quality of life.

This is not our history. It was not our history even in slavery or the era of Jim Crow. But somehow we came to a fork in the road, and got on the path of a matriarchal family structure. And, our children have paid and are paying a dear price for that choice. Yes, in far too many instances, it is a choice to be a single mother. And, it is time we confront that head on and reverse this destructive trend.

And, no this is not sexism.  And, no it is not wage discrimination. And, no it is not racism.  It is realism. It is a destructive deviation from our history that must be corrected.

Black History Month, 2011 should mark a turning point!

Unwed Birth Rate Signals the Collapse of Marriage | The Heritage Foundation

Unwed Birth Rate Signals the Collapse of Marriage | The Heritage Foundation