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Implementing Social Justice in the Classroom

Implementing Social Justice in the Classroom

In 2020 we’ve seen racial tension comparable to the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, with all the ugly stuff it involved; including police brutality, widespread riots, and modern-day lynchings. To deny that racism exists today is to turn a blind eye on a large systemic and communal problem. As educators and advocates for equality, the fight for the rights of our black students and the greater minority community is far from over …

Public Schools vs. Charter Schools

Public Schools vs. Charter Schools

A sort of epic teaching battle for who can produce the best students. Charter schools have become the modern rival of public schools. The conversation has turned even uglier as Teachers Unions take charge and outright defame charter schools, with efforts to remove these entities from particular states all together. I think it’s time we call for some peace. …

Unfair School Funding

Unfair School Funding

In the U.S. school funding comes from a combination of three main sources. This balance varies from state to state, but on average it rounds to about 10% federal money, 45% from the state, and 45% local property taxes. The leading cause for our wide variation of poor and well education across school districts is our latter contributor, property taxes. Property values vary tremendously from neighborhood to neighborhood, district to district; and with them, tax revenues range far and wide just as well. …

Unfair Funding - Part 2

Unfair Funding - Part 2

In 2016, National Public Radio (NPR) released a report titled Why America's Schools Have A Money Problem. It generated a lot of talk among educators and well-concerned Americans alike. The report accompanied the following graph depicting the blatant problem with school funding across the nation: …