Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Take Some Notes

Post a Comment » Written on June 27th, 2012     
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From Dominique Gilliard:

Below are excepts from a statement that is being put together for a task force on education for the CCDA (Christian Community Development Association) this year. This will be relevent to what we will be discussing at …

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Education

1 Comment » Written on May 7th, 2012     
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Reflection by Dominique Gilliard:

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In the midst of exploring the existing impediments to accessing quality education domestically, one of the most pervasive yet least talked about hindrances to doing this is a twofold quandary which manifest …

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Makes you say “hm”

1 Comment » Written on May 2nd, 2012     
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At CHIC this summer we are exploring the hot topic of education.

Please take some time to click through these various articles and leave a note. No agenda is being pushed from our office, we just want to begin a …

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Who is to blame?

15 comments Written on January 2nd, 2012     
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The latest crime wave: Sending your child to a better school

In case you needed further proof of the American education system’s failings, especially in poor and minority communities, consider the latest crime to spread across the country: educational theft. …

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Education + Chocolate?

9 comments Written on December 5th, 2011     
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This article talks about children and the obstacles they face concerning access to quality education. This one focuses in on child labor, which frequently drives kids out of school and away from educational opportunities. It focuses particularly on chocolate production …

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Economic inequality: The real cause of the urban school problem

1 Comment » Written on November 14th, 2011     
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Greg J. Duncan, who wrote this article, is an education professor at the University of California at Irvine. Richard J. Murnane is a professor of education and society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They are co-editors of …

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Hunger in a Season of Plenty

1 Comment » Written on March 7th, 2011     
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Here’s another article from the Children’s defense fund for you youth workers to review. I’d like to get your feedback on it in relation to the themes of poverty, homelessness, & education.

“It’s dinner time in America. But for 1 …

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