While it has been a slow crawl, I am pleased to report that I have finally made it to 1000+ followers on Twitter (@ejuc8or). I am especially excited that with the growth in numbers, there has been a growth in my true (off line) network. Recently, one of my newer connections, Dr. Paul Thomas, wrote a … More The Power of Twitter
Part II of the series: The Need for a Deeper Dive Over the past few months, I have tweeted under the #biggerfish2fry umbrella arguing that I don’t want to pick sides in the polarized reform/anti-reform debate. I feel that each side has a compelling argument and each side has room for growth. But being challenged … More Reformers and Anti-Reformers: An Underwater Perspective
This post is the first of a two-part series. Recently, one of my favorite bloggers shared a reflection on the challenges of education reports. He argued that anytime education is in the publication’s title of the journal, you can count on there being an uncritical, fairly simplified review of the topic at hand. Aside from … More The Need for a Deeper Dive
Years ago, I was sitting in the computer lab with my best friend and she asked, “Why do you make all of your papers about black people or black issues?” As a college student, newly smitten with the learning process (because high school was a totally different experience for me), I zeroed in on her … More Black Lives Matter: A Charge to Make Learning Culturally Relevant
Part IV of the Series: Testing as a Civil Rights Strategy is Not about Achievement In my doctoral program, I took a course titled Professionalism. After trying unsuccessfully to be removed from the course, I was stuck learning about what it means to be a professional. What was fascinating (yes, I grew to appreciate the … More It Is a Fight for Worth
Part III of the Series: Testing as a Civil Rights Strategy is Not about Achievement The best way to talk about equity is to use runners racing on a track as a metaphor. Equality would suggest that for fairness, all runners need to start at the same place in the race. But, equity would mandate … More And It Is Not About Equity Either
Part II of the Series: Testing as a Civil Rights Strategy is Not About Achievement If you put students across the socioeconomic spectrum together in the same room with each other and then gave them the same instruction, particularly the same improved instruction, the achievement gap would prevail. While this improved instruction should influence improvement … More It’s Also Not about Equality
