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How to Deal with Uninvolved Parents

Posted on July 10, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Andrew Pillow If you are a teacher, then chances are you have dealt with many different types of parents. There are many actions parents take that teachers find annoying. You have the parents that never think their kids do anything wrong. You have the helicopter parents that are over-involved. By far, the most difficult…

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Ripping Children Away from Parents is an Unacceptable Way to Deter Immigration

Posted on July 6, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Cheryl Coleman At the beginning of Trump’s term as President, there were changes to the international travel rules and regulations. These changes not only impacted traveling abroad for personal reasons, but also impacted exchange student programs and education visas. College students residing in the US may have been deported back to their countries, while…

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Juneteenth is the July 4th for the African American Community

Posted on July 3, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Cheryl Coleman For many slaves in 1865, the Civil War came to close and they still had no idea they were free. The message of enslaved African Americans’ freedom was slowly shared state to state. If you were located far from Union armies, you continued to live life as if freedom did not exist….

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Making Preschool Mandatory; Let the Debate Begin

Posted on June 29, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Cheryl Coleman Preschool has many different names like Nursery School, Primary School and Pre-K, which stands for Pre-Kindergarten. These institutions are educational spaces or learning establishments providing early childhood education to children prior to starting standard education at primary school. Having institutionalized nursery programs can have both a positive and/or negative impact on children…

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Permit Patty is no joking matter

Posted on June 29, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

As black parents we are expected to instill morals, values, and a desire to be a progressive and productive citizen into our children. Society is depending on us to produce valuable adults that give more than they take, leave a great experience when interacting with other citizens, and adhere to the written and unspoken rules…

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Undocumented Immigrants and Slaves: A Connection Through U.S. History

Posted on June 25, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Erica Copeland The recent surge in separations of undocumented parents from their children is ominously reminiscent of the systematic break up of families during this country’s slavery era. From the 1600s to 1863 when slavery was legalized and then abolished, Africans who forcibly migrated to this country, were often torn apart from their relatives…

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The Future of the School Diversity Movement in DC and Beyond

Posted on June 21, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master
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I’m Sorry America, But Until Further Notice, This Is TOTALLY Us

Posted on June 20, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Justin Cohen When protestors and activists gathered around the country last Thursday, to protest the Trump administration’s depraved policy of separating children from their families, the mood was raw. At the rally I attended in Brooklyn, the sentiment of the crowd ranged from disbelief to hopelessness to outrage. I have been to more protests…

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Chronically absent students will graduate

Posted on June 19, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Cheryl Coleman The District of Columbia council has approved a measure that would allow chronically absent students to graduate from high school and allow chronically absent elementary and middle school students to not be retained.  As the law currently stands, students who miss 30 or more days from school are supposed to fail and…

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Ordinary Activists

Posted on June 18, 2018August 19, 2018 by Blog Master

By Jada Drew Communities around the world need activism because it is an integral part of the ecosystem. Without activism, democracies do not exist, systems are not challenged, and the moral consciousness of communities die. The New Oxford dictionary defines activism as “the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or…

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