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The Root
- 1. S T O P B E A T I N G A R O U N D T H E B U S H . . . Presented by Anthony Outler, PhD A N D G E T T O T H E R O O T
- 4. Deodorized Discourse “…masquerades as courtesy, but is truly motivated by the selfish desire to remain comfortable”
- 5. “Our future is ripe, outrageously rich in its possibilities, yet unleashing the glory of that future will require difficult labor, and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their NOSTALGIA FOR THE WOMB.” – Toni Morrison www.epicempowerment.com
- 6. Black students are more likely to be held back, despite mounting research showing that holding back children doesn’t benefit them socially or academically Nearly half of the nation’s African American students attend high schools in which graduation is not the norm, compared to 11 percent of white students. Black preschool students are suspended at a higher rate than White preschool students Black students entering kindergarten for the first time score lower than their White counterparts in reading, mathematics, science, cognitive flexibility and approaches to learning — every category tested. 88 percent of African American eighth graders read below grade level, compared to 62 percent of white eighth graders. The twelfth-grade reading scores of African American males were significantly lower than those for men and women across every other racial and ethnic group. HOW DID OUR SOCIETY GET TO BE THIS WAY? (The Root)
- 7. One in four blacks, one in four Native Americans and one in five Hispanics are classified as poor. By contrast, only 1 in 10 whites and 1 in 10 Asians are poor. The employment rate for African American men has been 11 to 15 percentage points lower than that for whites in every month since January 2000. Blacks are two to three times more likely than whites to suffer from hypertension and diabetes, leading in turn to higher rates of cardiovascular disease. Less than half of black families (41 percent) and Hispanic families (45 percent) live in owner-occupied housing, as of 2014. For white families, that figure is 71 percent. HOW DID OUR SOCIETY GET TO BE THIS WAY? (The Root)
- 8. 84% of Black elementary school students in Pinellas County are failing state exams Ninety-five percent of black students tested at the schools are failing reading or math, making the black neighborhoods in southern Pinellas County the most concentrated site of academic failure in all of Florida. HOW DID OUR SOCIETY GET TO BE THIS WAY? (The Root)
- 9. Purpose
- 10. Historical Literacy 1619-First enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. Attack on the psyche of Black people 1865 – 13th Amendment Ratified 1964-Civil Rights Act Passed > 246 years of enslavement 101 years of limited rights 55 years of equality?
- 14. In Blinded by Sight, Obasogie argues that rather than being visually obvious, both blind and sighted people are socialized to see race in particular ways, even to a point where blind people "see" race. So what does this mean for how we live and the laws that govern our society? Obasogie delves into these questions and uncovers how color blindness in law, public policy, and culture will not lead us to any imagined racial utopia. --Stanford University Press
- 16. Source: Dr. Ruha Benjamin, “Schools as Laboratories for Social Change”
- 17. Deficit Perspective Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students (particularly low income, minority students) fail in school because such students and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the learning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation and inadequate home socialization).
- 19. Scripted Curriculum Achievement Gap Data-driven instruction Racism Classism Sexism Materialism Culture and Climate Increase Rigor Teach the Standards School Uniforms
- 20. 1. Re-visit the Purpose of U.S. Education “ED’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.” (https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/mission/mission.ht ml)
- 21. …preparation for global competitiveness… Noun “possession of a strong desire to be more successful than others.”
- 23. (Re)Purpose Education “To provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary for them to expand their capacities both to question deep-seated assumptions and myths that legitimate the most archaic and disempowering social practices that structure every aspect of society and to then take responsibility for intervening in the world they inhabit.”
- 24. (Re)Purpose Education “To make sure that the future points the way to a more socially just world, a world in which the discourses of critique and possibility in conjunction with the values of reason, freedom and equality function to alter, as part of a broader democratic project, the grounds upon which life is lived.”
- 25. “We have guided missiles and misguided men”--MLK
- 26. “We have guided missiles and misguided men”--MLK
- 27. Misguided Children Misguided (Wo)men
- 29. “If your classroom library is diverse, but your life isn’t, you’re missing the point.” 2. Teacher Preparation
- 30. “Often, educators…speak and are not understood because their language is not attuned to the concrete situation of the people they address.” – Paulo Freire
- 31. HOMEWORK:
- 32. 3. Curriculum Social and Emotional Learning Culturally responsive teaching Social literacy Tools, capacities, habits of mind that help us read reality; view patterns in society Historical literacy Project and inquiry based learning Service Learning Engagement in community projects, internships, digital simulations
- 33. “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring”--MLK
- 34. Scripted Curriculum Achievement Gap Data-driven instruction Racism Classism Sexism Materialism Culture and Climate Increase Rigor Teach the Standards School Uniforms
- 35. New Design = Education for Transformation “If we want different learning and life outcomes for students, we have to DESIGN for them.” McLeod & Shareski, “Different Schools for a Different World”
- 36. S O S T O P B E A T I N G A R O U N D T H E B U S H . . . A N D G E T T O T H E R O O T ! F O L L O W M E O N I G : @ T H E U N S C H O O L E R T H A N K Y O U .