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Maria Mahon

The Washington Teacher - 2 views

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shared by Maria Mahon on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Two days of protests by DC students in response to unfair teacher layoffs. Students held protests on September 28 at the DCPS central office and at Duke Ellington High School for the arts on September 29 at lunch time. These videos say it all. Our students are following the lead of the rank and file teacher rally held on last Thursday, September 24. What a tribute to DC teachers. You have taught them well !
    • Maria Mahon
      Maria Mahon on 01 Oct 09
       
      The teachers at Takoma Education Center told me about the protests and I think it really emphasizes how much of an impact the lay-offs have on the students themselves and the level of personal investment they must feel in their education.
  • McKinley Technology Senior High School located in NE DC was disrupted today as students unexpectedly protested teacher layoffs at the DCPS central headquarters near the Capitol today.
    • Maria Mahon
      Maria Mahon on 01 Oct 09
       
      I thought our classmates doing their placements at McKinley would be interested in this!
  • Maria Mahon on 01 Oct 09
     
    I thought this might be interesting to share in light of what is happening with DCPS. Yesterday was my first day at my practicum placement and during lunch a few teachers were talking about the "buzz on the blogs" and the firings. All of them mentioned the students protestes by the students at the Duke Ellington School.
  • Lindsay Andreas on 02 Oct 09
     
    The kids protesting in the videos, most of them were my kids! They are so wonderful. :)
  • Laura Wood on 02 Oct 09
     
    THis is fantastic! Thanks for posting it. Interesting that Fenty says no teachers will be taken out of classrooms . . . John, maybe you should call him . . . ;-)
Alan Edwards

Eager Students Fall Prey to Apartheid's Legacy - 1 views

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shared by Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09 - Cached
  • KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class. With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, they demanded a replacement.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      In the black townships of South Africa, many public schools do not meet the students' high expectations of career or college preparation. This article describes how students have worked for justice: protesting (at times violently) and teaching themselves lessons when teachers fail to show for work.
  • Here in the Western Cape, only 2 out of 1,000 sixth graders in predominantly black schools passed a mathematics test at grade level in 2005, compared with almost 2 out of 3 children in schools once reserved for whites that are now integrated, but generally in more affluent neighborhoods.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      Apartheid is alive and well in South Africa's education system.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The author relies on interviews with current teachers, students, and administrators in South Africa. She also cites data and perspectives from the Development Bank of South Africa. In her piece she examines the current situation in a single township, then ties the issue to the entire nation.
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    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The author works to briefly explain how the schools were intentionally segregated in order to continue the subjugation of blacks and colored people. In the wake of N. Mandela's election, she explores how corruption and unequal distribution of resources has contributed to the education system's condition today.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The crisis in South Africa is a reminder of the horrible education inequalities between the rich and poor, the white and the black. The student responses to their situation is at times inspirational as well as disheartening. For older students, this article could be used to encourage student involvement in dialogue with decision-makers of the school. Schools need to be responsive to the positive needs of its student body.
  • KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class. With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, they demanded a replacement.
  • Post-apartheid South Africa is at grave risk of producing what one veteran commentator has called another lost generation, entrenching the racial and class divide rather than bridging it. Half the students never make it to 12th grade.
  • But South Africa’s schools also have problems for which history cannot be blamed, including teacher absenteeism, researchers say. And then when teachers are in school, they spend too little time on instruction. A survey found that they taught for a little over three hours a day, rather than the five expected
  • Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
     
    NYT's Celia Dugger examines the quality of education for South Africa's majority black population. 15 years after the election of Nelson Mandela and the official end to apartheid, the nation's school system remains a bastion of inequality.
Alan Edwards

Opinion - Remembering the Tiananmen Protests - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...0090604_TIANANMEN_FEATURE.html

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shared by Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09 - Cached
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09
       
      The events of the Tiananmen Protests (remembered as 6/4 as in June 4th, 1989 to most Chinese) are recalled and analyzed by a western reporter in Beijing at the time.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09
       
      This piece offers pictures and the audio recording of the reporters voice in a half dozen or so 2 minute recordings moving in chronological order.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09
       
      The report includes history of the conflict, the role of students, and graphic details of how the Chinese government ended the protests. In the classroom, students could use this to learn more about Tiananmen and the job of journalists.
Lindsay Andreas

Students Skip Classes to Protest D.C. Teacher Layoffs - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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McKinley Tech HS protest Rhee teacher firings

shared by Lindsay Andreas on 06 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Lindsay Andreas on 06 Oct 09
     
    Video of the McKinley student protest outside Rhee's office building. Notice that they are chanting, "No teachers, no peace"--a play on words from a popular civil rights era chant "No justice, no peace." Tomorrow is going to be utter chaos, my cooperating teacher is there but no more Mr. Hawkins who was a wonderful man. :(
Margit Nahra

Student Speech | American Civil Liberties Union - 1 views

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  • Margit Nahra on 01 Oct 10
     
    This page on the ACLU web site features materials related to students' free speech rights.
  • Margit Nahra on 01 Oct 10
     
    This is a podcast interview of a woman who was suspended from school for protesting the Viet Nam War during the 1960s. Subject talks about the example set by her parents, who were Civil Rights activists.
  • Margit Nahra on 01 Oct 10
     
    Site contains a wealth of materials -- legal documents, blogs, news articles, podcasts, etc. -- that are searchable by subject area. Subject breakdown could be very helpful for students looking for a research topic.
Jordan Manuel

firstamendmentcenter.org: Welcome to the First Amendment Center Online - 1 views

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shared by Jordan Manuel on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • OTHER HEADLINES Free-speech cases top Supreme Court's agenda Opening day of term produces flurry of rejected appeals on several First Amendment topics. 10.04.10 Mich. worker's blog sparks free-speech debate Controversy centers on assistant attorney general who used his personal website to attack University of Michigan's openly gay student body president. 10.04.10
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 04 Oct 10
       
      Features mainly information from news articles, but also primary source documents (court cases).
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    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 04 Oct 10
       
      I would use this site to provoke debate among my students over the issues involved in First Amendment rights.
  • Lesson plans
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 04 Oct 10
       
      This site is valuable for many reasons, but also it provides some intriguing lesson plans for all ages of students.
  • Jordan Manuel on 04 Oct 10
     
    A resource for study of the First Amendment. Offers a wealth of info on past and current first amendment issues.
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