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There is a national moment of silence scheduled by Connecticut Governor Malloy for 9:30 a.m EST in honor of the Sandy Hook victims. Please take 5 minutes to reflect and pray for this community and for the safety of all children, especially those communities where violence is an unfortunate regular fixture. As requested by Joanne […]

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Good Monday Morning People… My prayers are for all parents this morning who have to send their children to school. I pray for peace and assurance for safety. I pray for wisdom and heroism in spaces where safety does not abound. Parents, I truly pray for you because as a person who has been responsible […]

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According to CNN, it is better to give your children extra hugs than it is to keep asking them if they are alright. Here are some other suggestions from ABC… • Don’t over talk the situation. • Keep children away from the media. • Reassure them that they are safe. • Do not pull them […]

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The Emma Bowen Foundation is actively seeking black male applicants for its paid internship work/study program with national media companies. Please see below info and circulate to your network. Thanks! ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Any minority student (African American, Hispanic, Asian or Native American) who is a rising high school senior, graduating high school senior or college […]

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I forgot to give a shout out to the House of Peace .   Earlier this month, I was invited to speak to their clients about Individual and Community Empowerment! Once there, I found out that 75% of the participants were also parents and they wanted me to speak about being parent instruments of change. Boy, […]

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District officials and teachers making progress in getting Chicago students back in school… http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-both-sides-see-progress-as-teachers-strike-reaches-day-4-20120912,0,482612.story

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A valid response to this article (see link below) is to ask…how has the traditional school system done any better? The problem is that as a society, we have not chosen to promote the full development of children. Instead, we emphasize standardized testing which constitutes a limited construct (at best) of learning and development. Special […]

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Cannot share power with students if you do not have power to share.

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I read a sad commentary about the condition of students in my hometown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/141454903.html#comments). As I read these comments, I wondered about the level of training needed to charge students with a “lack of home training” and “lack of respect”. While there is no question that the behavior exhibited by many students is […]

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Recently on Linkedin, we posted the following: “Looking for Charter School Practitioners Who Have Opinions About the Politics of Urban Education and School Reform.” Without disclosing names, we generated the interest of a small group of people who are passionate about and experienced with urban education!  And, this is what we said to them: “Whether […]

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