Thinking through all the action back home in the CCSD, I continue to reflect on the apt and stirring message of Rev William Barber the various times I have seen him speak, and his theory of “fusion politics,” most recently at the NPE conference three years ago in Raleigh: http://bit.ly/2wUjZde "Fusion Politics" according to Rev … Continue reading Fusion Politics
Tag: Education
Respect and Fulfillment
Education friends, CCSD friends: Of the many issues I care about in public education, including effective and thriving integrated schools and community engagement and support of our schools, none is more critical than that our teachers are respected and fulfilled in their profession. And that is why I share this piece about a recent poll … Continue reading Respect and Fulfillment
COMMUNITY Schools are What Work
Athens/CCSD friends: a couple of days ago I posted a long list of local organizations that do great community schools work inviting people to mention ones in the comments that I would inevitably omit or forget-- so many people did. Somehow my UPDATE ended up as a DELETE and damn, the thing has disappeared. So … Continue reading COMMUNITY Schools are What Work
Teachers are Not the Problem with Clarke County Schools
Several years ago, a wise principal told me, “You know, the real problem is that teachers have less and less control over what goes on in their classroom, but more and more responsibility for the results.” (“Results,” of course, meant standardized test score results.) That was right about the time I started noticing how many … Continue reading Teachers are Not the Problem with Clarke County Schools
Vivian
When you're occasionally an insomniac and doing Internet "research" for your "work" you sometimes chance upon something really important, like dear Vivian Connell's final blogpost One Last Time (http://bit.ly/ViOneLastTime) including a few video highlights like this one: http://bit.ly/2wmFVLf This is powerful stuff(http://bit.ly/ViOneLastTime) to be set aside for sometime when you don't mind being sad, inspired, … Continue reading Vivian
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