A Challenge to Settler Colonial Schooling

Week 4 reading

I mentor for an 11 year old who attends school just off the Temple University campus in North Philly. The environment of his school is so vastly different than my elementary school — yet typical for Philly…

Where is the Decolonial Lens?

The United States of America was founded on myths, lies, and theft of land and labor, which American’s perpetuate every day. The narrative must change.

The New York Times 1619 Project uses the 400 anniversary of the moment enslaved Africans began to…

Week 2 Reading

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When I hear the phrase “education inequality” I think of children and students not getting the same opportunity as other students. I also think of how schools in lower funded places get less attention and less resources. It’s so unfair that not all students get…

Week 2 Reading: College, Education, Reparations, and the history of discrimination

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In this week’s articles and podcast the main theme revolved around opportunity and specifically “equality of opportunity” . Some argue that…

Week 4 Readings

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The New York Times story titled “Without Fixing Inequality, The Schools Are Always Going To Struggle” details eight public school teacher’s accounts of how their students’ zip code shapes their lives. One of those teachers, Julie Roneson, shares her experience…

Week 4 Reading

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Before becoming a college student I never paid much attention to the cost of homes or renting, now that I rent a apartment at college I am more aware of how much it costs to rent. The cost of renting an apartment is very high and after reading the “How…

Week 4 Reading

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The cost of living has definitely increased, especially during these trying times of 2020. Such issues have greatly impacted a persons financial security. While reading the article “ How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality”, I felt uneasy when learning…

Week 4 Reading

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Housing inequality largely affects lower-income neighborhoods and is often segregated based on race and race relations in the neighborhoods and schools. In the instance of Chicago many housing projects where lower-income black residents live would be segregated…