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I'm an elementary school teacher turned high school English teacher, School-Based Teacher Leader (SBTL), and adjunct professor here in Philly. These posts are the views, as I see them, from room 105, my first classroom number. Enjoy, engage, and share!

Thursday, July 3, 2014

50 years later

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed 50 years ago.
Where are we 50 years later?

States want to develop, not tests, but myriad other potential hindrances to voting.

Public schools, especially in urban and rural areas where there are higher concentrations of poverty and "coincidentally" enough, minorities, are terribly underfunded.

A new crop of quasi-public schools are rising up everywhere that are more politically and philanthropically connected and which draw resources away from true public schools.

Black boys and men can walk the streets freely....wait, except if you are wearing a hoodie, baggy jeans, and carrying ice tea (http://trayvonmartinfoundation.org/) or if you are headed to a basketball game in bitter cold weather and your face is covered (http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-17/news/46268062_1_manning-ski-masks-frankford-high).

2% of public school teachers in the nation are black males (

We have taken some steps forward! Everything isn't doom and gloom. Just ask yourself, "Who is the President of the United States?" {que Jeopardy music}  Exactly!

We've come a long way and we still have quite a ways to go!



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