Our school staff were assigned to read The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education last year. Unfortunately, there were no students physically in school, so there were no opportunities to practice the lessons. There has been no follow-up this year. This lack of follow-up feels all too familiar. Our School Improvement Plan has AfricanContinue reading “No follow-up”
Category Archives: education
School redistricting changes home value
A coworker was discussing how the value of their home would likely go down because of the projected redistricting of schools. The new schools their home was districted to were deemed of less value because of the demographics of students and families going there. They did not have any students in school and were notContinue reading “School redistricting changes home value”
Redistricting Plan
Howard County recently implemented a new redistricting plan where children from lower income neighborhoods would be bused to schools in higher income neighborhoods (and vice versa). Here are a few of the comments from Howard County residents that resulted: “Blacks destroy school systems and schools,” read one letter to county officials about the busing plan.Continue reading “Redistricting Plan”
More work needs to be done.
Heard of racial incidents between high schools. It seems so much negative feeling is under the surface.
School changes
Recently I was at outdoor book club in my neighborhood and several friends with high schoolers were talking. They said that how math is taught at the high school level needs to change with the influx of kids (meaning the redistricting). At least one of the friends is a teacher. Redistricting is a big issueContinue reading “School changes”
Conversation with a Social Conservative
I had a conversation with a conservative friend recently about reparations. They’re libertarian, and I got them to be open minded about the issue. Movements need more than one person, but they happen one conversation at a time.
Baltimore: We need a change
Change Needed Story
School is a great place to start
Hope Story
Losing Egypt and a piece of my heart
Change Needed Story
Racial justice treadmill
Typical Story