Jan12
Parents are the first and most important teachers for any child. So if you see a young child that is always getting in trouble, only engaged in video games and hates school, look FIRST to the parents.
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Posts Tagged ‘Education’
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Dec14
The “Poor Black Kid” Makes the Spotlight Again (sigh!)
by Duane on December 14th, 2011 at 9:36 pmPosted In: Commentary
Gene Marks of Forbes.com recently posted an article entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid”. In the article he dishes out advice on how poor Black children can use much of the free technology around them to aid them in their education.
After reading his take, there wasn’t too much I disagreed with. In [...]
└ Tags: African-American, children, computers, Education, internet, kids, learning, school, Technology
Dec09
This is a good article that exposes some of the downfalls of the Chinese curriculum we are trying to copy here in our own backyard.
GOOD Lite: If China’s Education Policies Create Depressed Students, Why Are We Copying Them? http://goo.gl/mag/ys7hs
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Oct13
Expecting the same results or just not expecting?
by Duane on October 13th, 2011 at 7:53 amPosted In: Headlines
LAUSD has not changed for Blacks in years…
“With minority students continuing to lag in educational achievement, the federal government has targeted the nation’s second largest public school system for wide-ranging reforms.
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└ Tags: African-American, Democrats, Education, LAUSD, minorities, public schools, Republicans, students
Sep26
Jalen Rose and his charter school in Detroit
by Duane on September 26th, 2011 at 7:02 amPosted In: Education
So glad to see that not everyone has abandoned this city. There is still hope for these dear kids.
Sep18
Did you know that Sunday school started off as an actual school that was held on Sundays to teach poor children how to read and write?
Aug17
Web help for kids: kerbalspaceprogram.com
by Duane on August 17th, 2011 at 6:50 amPosted In: Education
From the site
About Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program is a multi-genre game where the player can create his own space program.
In KSP, you must build a space-worthy craft, capable of flying it’s crew out into space, without killing them.At your disposal is a collection of parts, which must be assembled to create a functional ship. [...]
Aug16
Web help for kids: biodigitalhuman.com
by Duane on August 16th, 2011 at 7:00 amPosted In: Education
From time to time I come across a resource on the web that I feel serves as an invaluable educational tool for our kids. As a parent myself, I am constantly on the hunt for such tools.
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Aug16
BET and NewsOne can’t handle the truth
by Duane on August 16th, 2011 at 6:55 amPosted In: Commentary
First it was theGrio.com’s post in Facebook that questioned if Philadelphia Mayor Nutter went too far in accusing these kids for “damaging their race”. This morning I read in both BET.com and NewsOne an article that simply cannot stomach the fact that Black families that either cannot or simply refuse to control their own kids [...]
Aug15
Check out this new blog that complements it’s Flickr presence. A great collection of historical pictures of Blacks.
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Aug15
Oh no! We can’t expect Black folks to do better
by Duane on August 15th, 2011 at 7:20 amPosted In: Education
Will Higher Standards for the Bar Exam Mean Fewer Blacks in the Legal Field?
“The American Bar Association, the accrediting agency for U.S. law schools, is considering a new proposal that will require law school graduates to score higher on the bar examination, which could in turn impact the number of minorities practicing in the [...]
Jul28
Your evening truth for 7/28/11: Black churches ain’t…
by Duane on July 28th, 2011 at 7:01 pmPosted In: Soul Food
Over at AtlantaPost.com, Anthony Jerrod lists 7 areas he feels the “Black” church has not addressed. With all due respect, brutha man is off on ALL accounts.
Jerrod is a Christian writer and speaker, so he should know better than this. Like him, I have
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