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Quality Teaching in “The Hood”
For more than four decades, I taught predominantly African-American students in downtown Baltimore. I also happen to be a white guy. My students, who attended Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), were amongst the poorest in the state of Maryland. Given … Continue reading
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Teachers, Race, and Homework
Before teachers attempt to carry on conversations about race, they need to work on themselves. What that entails varies from teacher to teacher. Recently, a prominent educational innovator has recommended that the lingering and persistent achievement gap among Black, White, … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement gap, black, conversations about race, cultural silos, culture, dimensions of diversity, Disney, educators, ethnic group, experiential learning, Hispanic, history, identity, imagineers, language, multiracial world, personal growth, race, racial group, racial issues, racial silos, students, teachers, white
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Social Class Bias
As a dimension of diversity, social class carries tremendous economic, educational, and political importance. Yet, when diversity is defined and discussed, social class is often totally ignored or at best, an afterthought. Consider the following stories as reported in the … Continue reading
Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between White and Black/Latino/Native American public high school students is not getting any better. Any progress we have made in recent years has come to a halt. Seemingly, we have focused on all those factors that might … Continue reading