The Re-Education
Articles at the intersection of teaching, learning, and race
Why poor students will always be behind
In our current system of education (and well, also society)We are designing schools for poor students to catch up with rich white kids (RWK), while they have already moved on to the next big thing. At this rate, poor students will always be behind. ¶ Some examples — ¶ While we teach poor students to code websites and video games, RWK are working on virtual reality and drones. ¶ While we teach poor students to be obedient, RWK are learning to be autonomous and self directed.
Mikala StreeterJan 28
classroom management is crippling students
“If your students aren’t behaving, it’s because your lesson isn’t strong enough and your instructions aren’t clear enough.”This age old wisdom for managing classrooms is doing our students a disservice. ¶ It implies that students can only behave “properly” when we are managing them. Otherwise, they are incapable of managing themselves. ¶ Schools, especially no-excuses charter schools, build their entire disciplinary approach around this idea — that students, especially poor students, need to be managed. That they haven’t had enough models of studious behavior and self control, so they don’t know how to manage…Mikala StreeterJan 8
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