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#BlackEd

#BlackEd - Part 1 Trending Words

Conversations about Education - Part 1 #blacked, rt, need, @ileducprof, 2,


teachers, @journalproject, students,
parents, @ileducprof:, &, schools,
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Event Participants
RT @EDUCATIONCEO: RT @ileducprof: Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for
participating in the #BlackEd chat today.
05-Feb-10 04:08 | bayougal86

RT @UrbanEducation: http://www.tweetdoc.org/ - In case you missed the conversation about #BlackEd - fingers
crossed - I hope this works!
05-Feb-10 04:07 | danaesalter

NICE! RT @UrbanEducation: http://www.tweetdoc.org/ - In case you missed the conversation about #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 04:05 | visionspeaks

http://www.tweetdoc.org/ - In case you missed the conversation about #BlackEd - fingers crossed - I hope this
works!
05-Feb-10 04:03 | UrbanEducation

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: RT @ileducprof: Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for
participating in the #BlackEd chat today.
05-Feb-10 04:02 | visionspeaks

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: RT @ileducprof: Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for
participating in the #BlackEd chat today.
05-Feb-10 03:55 | readtoday

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: RT @ileducprof: Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for
participating in the #BlackEd chat today.
05-Feb-10 03:51 | JeffreyEducator

RT @ileducprof: Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for participating in the #BlackEd
chat today.
05-Feb-10 03:50 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @ileducprof: RT @helainebecker @ileducprof it takes a village--teachers, mamas together! #blackEd

05-Feb-10 03:48 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @GiftedHF: Here's part of why: http://tinyurl.com/yahydyu RT @UrbanEducation: We lose "gifted students"


to the streets as well #BlackEd - Why?
05-Feb-10 03:48 | UrbanEducation

RT @GiftedHF: Here's part of why: http://tinyurl.com/yahydyu RT @UrbanEducation: We lose "gifted students"


to the streets as well #BlackEd - Why?
05-Feb-10 03:47 | JeffreyEducator

RT @visionspeaks Oh! I forgot Twubs.com RT @ejyoung67: if hashtag is registered w/ whatthehashtag.com you


can get a transcript #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:47 | UrbanEducation

Thanks to all in our Teaching and Learning Community (#TLC) for participating in the #BlackEd chat today.

05-Feb-10 03:46 | ileducprof

RT @reward75: So true. I know this personally @EDUCATIONCEO @readtoday Gifted students are lost
because they are bored. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:46 | readtoday

So true. I know this personally @EDUCATIONCEO @readtoday Gifted students are lost because they are bored.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:46 | reward75
RT @mzkbee: @journalproject U can encourage more blk educators to join the field by providing H.S. internships
. #BlackEd <--love this idea
05-Feb-10 03:41 | journalproject

@Principal_EL @ileducprof @journalproject @EDUCATIONCEO Did miss a #BlackEd convo 2night? Had work 2
do :-(
05-Feb-10 03:40 | nmarchmon

Addendum: You forgot Dads! RT @Satyagraha_ji: RT @helainebecker @ileducprof it takes a village--teachers,


mamas together! #blackEd
05-Feb-10 03:40 | tshaka_zulu

Thank you everyone who RT'd #BlackEd to get participants to the discussion. Thanks to all who shared in some
way.
05-Feb-10 03:39 | journalproject

RT @journalproject: All teachers must see all students as teachable and intelligent beings #BlackEd @ileducprof
@principal_el @readtoday @pwgreen3
05-Feb-10 03:38 | TheJayeShow

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @flourishingkids When they complain in faculty mtgs, ask them if they take time 2 call &
not just 4 discipline/negative issues? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:38 | Thanks2Teachers

RT @ileducprof: RT @helainebecker @ileducprof it takes a village--teachers, mamas together! #blackEd

05-Feb-10 03:38 | Satyagraha_ji

RT @helainebecker @ileducprof it takes a village--teachers, mamas together! #blackEd

05-Feb-10 03:37 | ileducprof

@journalproject yep; that's how i caught up on the convo. i just entered #BlackEd into the search box, up popped
results w/ option to save
05-Feb-10 03:35 | visionspeaks

RT @ileducprof: RT @journalproject All teachers must see all students as teachable and intelligent beings
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:35 | JaneBalvanz

RT @ileducprof: RT @journalproject All teachers must see all students as teachable and intelligent beings
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:34 | iMrsF

RT @journalproject All teachers must see all students as teachable and intelligent beings #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:34 | ileducprof

RT @Principal_EL: And all tchrs need to be supported by principals/leaders who view the school as their family!
U would never let your children fail! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:33 | Thanks2Teachers

RT @journalproject @ileducprof If that is the reality then Teacher Ed program need to be held to a higher
standard #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:33 | ileducprof

Get a 3rd party app & save the search as a column. (I prefer #hootsuite) #BlackEd RT @UrbanEducation: How
can I save this conversation?
05-Feb-10 03:32 | visionspeaks
@VOCALSpeakers Ummmm, where are/were you? Didn;t see u in #BlackEd chat tonight!!!

05-Feb-10 03:28 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @NvrComfortable @ileducprof your role as a parent? Advocate, cheerleader, supporter and educator
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:28 | ileducprof

RT @nOrleansRising @ileducprof @Principal_EL We fund 2 wars,we can fund reduction of class size. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:26 | ileducprof

@artlivesthrume Join us next thursday for a discussion in #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:26 | journalproject

RT @MarchelliHill I agree. RT @NvrComfortable: @MarchelliHill @EDUCATIONCEO can't really "fix" #BlackEd


w/o addressing housing<--2nd that
05-Feb-10 03:26 | TheJayeShow

@iMrsF Research shows that parents of color believe in meritocracy and "schooling" than White middle class
students. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:26 | ileducprof

RT @visionspeaks: So NOT corny - it's essential! RT @tshaka_zulu: Amen RT @pwgreen3: its corny and we
hear it all the time but mentor a young person #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:24 | TheJayeShow

Greetings! New to #BlackEd and glad see it.

05-Feb-10 03:24 | JeffreyEducator

RT @PaulWHankins: Let's not use unique and magical examples of heroes to demonstrate some ideal: use them
to guide students on their own journey. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:23 | SCFG

#BlackEd Quality teachers don't necessarily have the highest test scores or even come from education. I've seen
talented 1's who had neither
05-Feb-10 03:22 | 8JadeHorses

RT @Principal_EL: @ileducprof @journalproject @EDUCATIONCEO Awesome start! Next


step..Conference/Think Tank for Twitter Educators! Much planning! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:22 | tshaka_zulu

RT @flourishingkids: We must also do something about # of kids spending more time in principal's office due to
teacher not understanding them #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:21 | SCFG

@ileducprof @journalproject @EDUCATIONCEO Awesome start! Next step..Conference/Think Tank for Twitter
Educators! Much planning! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:21 | Principal_EL

RT @journalproject Also need to higher teachers w/ subject mastery - #BlackEd @ileducprof @educationceo
@readtoday
05-Feb-10 03:21 | ileducprof

@UrbanEducation @AndreaZellner @Principal_EL Just catching up on the chat. Sorry I missed it. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:21 | Peggy_S


@EDUCATIONCEO Agreed. Not doing that turns people off from assistance or mutual exchange. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:14 | tshaka_zulu

RT @journalproject They do a great job of explaining blacks have a history of educational success in "Young,
Gifted & Black" #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:13 | ileducprof

RT @pwgreen3: #BlackEd lets start working to send folks who have r interests at heart into elected ofc esp
school board (like @atticascott)
05-Feb-10 03:13 | atticascott

Just finished #BlackEd chat and realized there were A LOT of comments that I did not see in stream. Sorry!

05-Feb-10 03:13 | EDUCATIONCEO

@mzsuzuki If prnts hv 2 wrk then kid has 2 babysit.Wrking parent shld understand.Needs 2 be some lvl of
understanding #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:12 | EDUCATIONCEO

@STYLEMOM Yes, it is. Great exchange of info and ideas! #blackEd A subject I'm passionate about for all
children.
05-Feb-10 03:12 | tshaka_zulu

#BlackEd I'm inspired. Let's be as courageous in our schools and classrooms as we've been in this discussion!

05-Feb-10 03:12 | 8JadeHorses

@EDUCATIONCEO Arghh! I missed the #BlackEd chat! Was thinking 9 CST for some reason.

05-Feb-10 03:11 | TheJayeShow

@2ndgradetchr I agree wholeheartedly!We need 2 start mtng ppl where they r not saying u shld be like these
parents @ileducprof #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:11 | EDUCATIONCEO

@Principal_EL I'll credit u for drawing me into the #BlackEd discussion...when we focus on solutions we move
from discussion to action!
05-Feb-10 03:11 | detriceisabel

What *&%^ program is this? RT @journalproject Many eds are taught in Educator Programs that black students
are prone for failure #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:10 | priyamaine

RT @ileducprof: RT @Soulful1 @ileducprof Y may b right about abilities not being race based but 400 years kept
down has to have an impact, #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:10 | readtoday

@flourishingkids When they complain in faculty mtgs, ask them if they take time 2 call & not just 4
discipline/negative issues? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:10 | EDUCATIONCEO

@ChaddBgrindin I like this new trending topic #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:09 | SirprincJohnIra

Get teachers in those buildings with struggling students into local sites of the National Writing Project. Train to
foster voice. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:09 | PaulWHankins
@librarybeth And let them write in multigenres. The 1:3:1 is a great form, but not for that poet in the room. Not for
the lyricist. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:08 | PaulWHankins

@ileducprof it takes a village--teachers, mamas together! #blackEd

05-Feb-10 03:08 | helainebecker

RT @ileducprof: RT @journalproject Many educators are taught in Educator Programs that black students are
proned for failure #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:08 | blogdiva

RT @ileducprof: @zqclay Yes, there is no 1 monolithic Black culture. But, that's a myth that we grapple with in
schools and policy. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:07 | SwagDonors

On my way home from class, can't miss the #BlackEd conversation again!!!

05-Feb-10 03:07 | NvrComfortable

@journalproject I guess I am not responding to #BlackEd now. We need to recognize and differentiate for the
needs of that student community
05-Feb-10 03:07 | PaulWHankins

RT @journalproject Many educators are taught in Educator Programs that black students are proned for failure
#BlackEd @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 03:07 | ileducprof

Thanks to everyone for a great #BlackEd chat!

05-Feb-10 03:07 | AndreaZellner

RT @journalproject Low-performing schools tend to have novice teachers teaching the most vulnerable students.
@ileducprof #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:07 | ileducprof

RT @RonnieGonzalez: Don't forget to FOLLOW those who you can connect with, learn from and can help grow
your professional learning environment (PLN) #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:07 | tshaka_zulu

@nOrleansRising Unfortunately, many college bound African Americans haven't been adequately prepared for
college. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:06 | ileducprof

@journalproject We have to stop treating our lessons as linear ejections. The return is powerful or more than the
heading out. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:06 | PaulWHankins

RT @BmoreSchools: and I am taking grad classes in reading education in Baltimore & I'd say 80% of the
students are white females in their twenties #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:06 | sharlescoms

We must stand in the Gap!! I am so thankful for all of you fighting for children. People from all races and cultures
united! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:06 | Principal_EL

@pwgreen3 Most ppl n Social welfare based prof. don't think they could ever ACTUALLY win. But w organized
ppl & money, thy can WIN #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:06 | NvrComfortable
what I've seen work in #BlackEd: all parties involved being personally accountable!

05-Feb-10 03:04 | detriceisabel

@librarybeth Writing is so important!! #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:03 | Principal_EL

Good night everyone. Thanks for a great Think Tank !! #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:03 | readtoday

see ya'll next week #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:03 | 2footgiraffe

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need 2 hold parents accountable 4 the behavior of their kids tht has become disruptive
2 the already strained education process #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:02 | tshaka_zulu

Also: write to change their lives. make writing public, meaningful, purposed toward change #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:02 | librarybeth

RT @ileducprof: Time to close this party down on #BlackEd Join us every Thursday at 9pmEST. Come with
honest comments, solutions, and thoughts. Power2people
05-Feb-10 03:02 | readtoday

Thank you all for joining us and sharing your thoughts in the discussion regarding #BlackEd We can make a
change together!!!!
05-Feb-10 03:01 | journalproject

RT @tshaka_zulu: @RonnieGonzalez That MUST start at home though. Teachers are only capable of so much.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:01 | soulful1

RT @PaulWHankins Okay: you ready? You get them to write. Write their day, their time. Give them a chance to
write their lives. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:01 | librarybeth

RT @journalproject: RT @RonnieGonzalez: All students want to be successful deep down. We need to give them
opportunities to become successful. #BlackEd <--AMEN
05-Feb-10 03:01 | soulful1

RT @PaulWHankins: Okay: you ready? You get them to write. Write their day, their time, their lives. Give them a
chance to write their lives. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:01 | soulful1

Rudy Crew said other nations don't ask..they just say 2 languages by MS and all will succeed. Only in U.S. do we
make excuses! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:01 | Principal_EL

RT @pwgreen3 #BlackEd Quick take away - Our public policy game needs 2 step it up! We need to keep our
elected officials accountable!
05-Feb-10 03:01 | clear_mason_jar

We need 2 hold parents accountable 4 the behavior of their kids tht has become disruptive 2 the already strained
education process #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:01 | ChaddBgrindin
Okay: you ready? You get them to write. Write their day, their time, their lives. Give them a chance to write their
lives. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:00 | PaulWHankins

RT @RonnieGonzalez: All students want to be successful deep down. We need to give them opportunities to
become successful. #BlackEd <--AMEN
05-Feb-10 03:00 | journalproject

@RonnieGonzalez That MUST start at home though. Teachers are only capable of so much. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:00 | tshaka_zulu

@UrbanEducation I know they don't. & many don't want to work in inner city but we can't let that stop us! We
must push for kids! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:00 | Principal_EL

RT @journalproject: RT @readtoday @ileducprof We cant wait 4 ed reform We need 2 arm parents w/ the tools
they need to teach their own children #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:00 | reetherealist

Time to close this party down on #BlackEd Join us every Thursday at 9pmEST. Come with honest comments,
solutions, and thoughts. Power2people
05-Feb-10 03:00 | ileducprof

students dont give up, students dont give up, students dont give up! #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 03:00 | 2footgiraffe

#BlackEd Quick take away - Our public policy game needs 2 step it up! We need to keep our elected officials
accountable!
05-Feb-10 03:00 | pwgreen3

@tshaka_zulu Not all parents know how to fight or even know they should fight. We have to arm the parents as
@ileducprof stated #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 03:00 | journalproject

All students want to be successful deep down. We need to give them opportunities to become successful.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | RonnieGonzalez

RT @ileducprof: The opportunity gap is closable. Fill in the gap w/ available resources=Teachers who are on fire!
Innovative! Culturally competent #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | readtoday

The system is against them, drop out rates support that. Its the system that is part of problem, status quo. If not,
Y we talkin #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | soulful1

There is a reason that our heroes stand out. The odds. The overcoming. How do we show our students they too
are on their way? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | PaulWHankins

@UrbanEducation I have seen AVID transform a forgotten demographic. AVID breeds a


dual-commitment...which should be systemic. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | JoeGothard

I know many new teachers who feel they are "putting in time" at a needy school, but the goal is to go elsewhere
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:59 | BmoreSchools
RT @flourishingkids: Shouldn't we be saying that we need to prepare ALL teachers to teach? We need to stand
together to help kids. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:58 | readtoday

I put most of the blame squarely on parents shoulders #BlackEd If ur child isn't getting a quality ed., fight 4 it like
ur life dpends on it
05-Feb-10 02:58 | tshaka_zulu

RT @RonnieGonzalez: Teachers need to build relationships with all students. Students need to feel loved and
cared about #BlackEd <YEP!
05-Feb-10 02:58 | EDUCATIONCEO

What works? Lets begin to open/manage schools. Run after school programs. Training teachers/parents who
need help! All possible! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:58 | Principal_EL

RT @detriceisabel: what I've seen work in #BlackEd believing in potential, teaching to advocate for themselves,
allowing creative prblm solving, 'rents onboard
05-Feb-10 02:58 | UrbanEducation

RT @journalproject: RT @tshaka_zulu 1 thing we need 2do is stop allowing our kids 2 cop out bc they feel systm
is against them #BlackEd @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:58 | 2footgiraffe

Shouldn't we be saying that we need to prepare ALL teachers to teach? We need to stand together to help kids.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:58 | flourishingkids

All teachers must see all students as teachable and intelligent beings #BlackEd @ileducprof @principal_el
@readtoday @pwgreen3
05-Feb-10 02:58 | journalproject

So NOT corny - it's essential! RT @tshaka_zulu: Amen RT @pwgreen3: its corny and we hear it all the time but
mentor a young person #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:57 | visionspeaks

RT @PaulWHankins: Let's not use unique and magical examples of heroes to demonstrate some ideal: use them
to guide students on their own journey. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:57 | UrbanEducation

Newsflash - The best teachers don't always WANT to work at the neediest schools #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:57 | UrbanEducation

RT @RonnieGonzalez: Teachers need to build relationships with all students. Students need to feel loved and
cared about #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:57 | readtoday

Let's not use unique and magical examples of heroes to demonstrate some ideal: use them to guide students on
their own journey. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:57 | PaulWHankins

RT @tshaka_zulu 1 thing we need 2do is stop allowing our kids 2 cop out bc they feel systm is against them
#BlackEd @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:57 | journalproject

what I've seen work in #BlackEd believing in potential, teaching to advocate for themselves, allowing creative
prblm solving, 'rents onboard
05-Feb-10 02:57 | detriceisabel
@NvrComfortable @pwgreen3 Some districts get same amount for students regardless of where school is
located. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:56 | EDUCATIONCEO

I agree. RT @NvrComfortable: @MarchelliHill @EDUCATIONCEO can't really "fix" #BlackEd w/o addressing
housing,
05-Feb-10 02:56 | marchellihill

Part of what's missing is hunger and passion from parents and youth #BlackEd We have 2 change rselves! Stop
beating up the smart kids...
05-Feb-10 02:56 | tshaka_zulu

RT @Principal_EL: The best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues
with that one solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:56 | priyamaine

@ileducprof they a ctually had to pull them out of private school and into Pub ed... because your assertion... &
bigotry #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:56 | heywho

@nerakmurphy Yes! Educators need to expand the notion of "education" and knowledge; Extends beyond school
walls #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:56 | ileducprof

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We nd 2 stop allowing r youth 2 believe that becoming educated is sth special & teach
them that it's status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:55 | visionspeaks

RT @ileducprof @heywho Historically segregated schls lacked funding not cultural cap. (e.g. high expect., fmly,
rituals, sympbols) #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:55 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @tshaka_zulu: One of the things we need to do is stop allowing r children 2 cop out bcuz they feel the system
is against them #BlackEd I hear this 2 often
05-Feb-10 02:55 | reetherealist

Amen RT @pwgreen3: its corny and we hear it all the time but mentor a young person #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:55 | tshaka_zulu

RT @readtoday: @ileducprof We can't wait for education reform We need to arm parents with the tools they need
to teach their own children #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:55 | kidlutions

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:55 | Thanks2Teachers

5 mins left - what is the take home message for tonight's #BlackEd discussion @ileducprof @readtoday
@principal_el @pwgreen3 @educationceo
05-Feb-10 02:55 | journalproject

@EDUCATIONCEO - Parents definitely listen to School Boards. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:55 | UrbanEducation

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @UrbanEducation @ileducprof I think only way 4 change is 2 mobilize&educate prnts


b/c tchrs dont make policy & brds listen 2 prnts #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:55 | UrbanEducation
RT @ileducprof @journalproject We need 2 intentionally, unapologetically, unabashedly prepare White female
tchrs 2 adequately tch! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | journalproject

RT @pwgreen3: its corny and we hear it all the time but mentor a young person #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:54 | 2footgiraffe

RT @UrbanEducation First we have to realize that students aren't products. They R human beings. Can't use a
Walmart model 4 schools #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | ileducprof

Tax issue is correct but strong and influential suburban districts will never allow non-property tax funding. Too
much money! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | Principal_EL

RT @PaulWHankins Best Practice #1 Get students access 2 iterature that helps them 2 make connections.Look
back, look in, look frwrd #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @Principal_EL: And all tchrs need to be supported by principals/leaders who view the school as their family!
U would never let your children fail! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | flourishingkids

@tshaka_zulu - This is a different generation from our father's generation---> we have to "remix" it...#BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:54 | UrbanEducation

@ileducprof If that is the reality then Teacher Ed program need to be held to a higher standard #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:54 | journalproject

@ileducprof Communities In Schools is a good example of just that, communities taking a stake in education,
raised expectations. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | nerakmurphy

its corny and we hear it all the time but mentor a young person #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:54 | pwgreen3

RT @journalproject: @ileducprof What works: Teachers that actually love the children! #BlackEd #bestpractices

05-Feb-10 02:54 | topshottah007

RT @tshaka_zulu: @UrbanEducation Make the opportunities. That's what my father and his generation did. They
didn't wait for them. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | readtoday

@journalproject That rigorous curriculum should light the fire not burn up the student. Complex, okay.
Incomprehensible, not okay. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | PaulWHankins

@journalproject We need to intentionally, unapologetically, unabashedly prepare White female teachers to


adequately teach! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:54 | ileducprof

@ileducprof Doh. I read it wrong.yes, your right on that, sorry... trying to drop into a new conversation mostly due
to sumFriends #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | heywho
RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | readtoday

RT @Principal_EL The best teachers need 2 be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues
with that one solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | journalproject

RT @Principal_EL: The best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues
with that one solution #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | jerridkruse

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | soulful1

@journalproject Disciple, all we have to rely on right now are novice teachers. That's our reality in public
education. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | ileducprof

RT @Principal_EL: And all tchrs need to be supported by principals/leaders who view the school as their family!
U would never let your children fail! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:53 | RonnieGonzalez

@ileducprof We can't wait for education reform We need to arm parents with the tools they need to teach their
own children #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | readtoday

RT @pwgreen3: Ending Property tax based funding for school districts would be a major victory for ending the
#opportunitygap #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | NvrComfortable

@UrbanEducation @ileducprof I think only way 4 change is 2 mobilize&educate prnts b/c tchrs dont make policy
& brds listen 2 prnts #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | UrbanEducation

RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | HottBoiJay

& White tchrs didn't care RT @ileducprof: what changed post-desegregation was the color of teachers &
leadership in Black schools. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | visionspeaks

@dcpublicschool From a child's perspective, would you be enthusiastic 2 learn from someone who views you as
an "idiot" or robot? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | ileducprof

@ileducprof What works: High expectations of students #BlackEd #bestpractices

05-Feb-10 02:52 | journalproject

@UrbanEducation Make the opportunities. That's what my father and his generation did. They didn't wait for
them. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:52 | tshaka_zulu
RT @ChaddBgrindin: We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special
and teach them that its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:51 | ezaykiel

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @ileducprof @Principal_EL What works? Accelerated Schools Model by Henry Levin.
Been around since 80's.All kids treated as gifted #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:51 | readtoday

RT @Principal_EL: The best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues
with that one solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:51 | UrbanEducation

@heywho Historically, segregated schools lacked funding, not cultural capital (e.g. high expectations, family,
rituals, sympbols). #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:51 | ileducprof

@ileducprof What works: Highering of qualified teachers not novices #BlackEd #Bestpractices

05-Feb-10 02:51 | journalproject

@ileducprof @Principal_EL What works? Accelerated Schools Model by Henry Levin. Been around since 80's.All
kids treated as gifted #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:50 | EDUCATIONCEO

stumbled across #BlackEd - Couldn't issues being discussed apply to #AllEd Issues/ideas are great for all
educators to hear!
05-Feb-10 02:50 | jerridkruse

And all tchrs need to be supported by principals/leaders who view the school as their family! U would never let
your children fail! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:50 | Principal_EL

RT @ileducprof: How do we fill in the opportunity gap (without waiting on the President and Congress)? #BlackEd
Honesty, tweet from the hip
05-Feb-10 02:50 | UrbanEducation

RT @pwgreen3: #BlackEd Education and a laundry list of #socialjustice issues/problems/phemonena can not be
dealt w/with from a market based approach
05-Feb-10 02:50 | Thanks2Teachers

RT @ileducprof: How do we fill in the opportunity gap (without waiting on the President and Congress)? #BlackEd
Honesty, tweet from the hip
05-Feb-10 02:50 | readtoday

RT @Principal_EL: The best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues
with that one solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:50 | debiowens

@ileducprof What works: Smaller class load #BlackEd #bestpractices

05-Feb-10 02:50 | journalproject

RT @pwgreen3: Ending Property tax based funding for school districts would be a major victory for ending the
#opportunitygap #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:50 | Thanks2Teachers

@journalproject That is done by teacher certification. It is not an issue #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:50 | tomwhitby


Read the first chapter of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and saw a white student wipe tears from her eyes
after. Connection. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | PaulWHankins

Subconscious tracking is even more detrimental...#BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:49 | UrbanEducation

RT @pwgreen3: Ending Property tax based funding for school districts would be a major victory for ending the
#opportunitygap #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | kvcollins

@journalproject #BlackEd Need more minority teachers as mentors in the classroom 4 those of ethnic
background but just aren't enough of them
05-Feb-10 02:49 | RonnieGonzalez

We need to stop allowing our youth to believe that becoming educated is something special and teach them that
its status quo #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | ChaddBgrindin

RT @Principal_EL Lets spend some time tonight offering examples of best practice in action. What have we seen
that works? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | ileducprof

@journalproject Young tchrs will always be hired B/c they are cheap. Schools need to support them with PD &
Cultural immersion #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | tomwhitby

@Principal_EL but the prob is that the best teachers want to go to the least needy schools & the newbies get
"stuck" in failing 1s! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:49 | visionspeaks

Whats things matter to produce student learning? #BlackEd in answering this question we can find solutions to
#BlackEd Opportunity Gap
05-Feb-10 02:48 | journalproject

RT @visionspeaks: I wonder: what are schools doing to help teachers be better able to connect w/ cultural diffs
amongst their students? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:48 | readtoday

RT @helainebecker: RT: @ileducprof To tackle the gap, we must intentionally inform parents what's needed 2
survive middle class schools. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:48 | soulful1

Ending Property tax based funding for school districts would be a major victory for ending the #opportunitygap
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:48 | pwgreen3

AMEN! RT @Principal_EL: best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We wld eliminate some major
issues w/ that one solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:48 | visionspeaks

Doesn't this contradict earlier assertion? @ileducprof: Historically, [...] segregated schools [...] Black students
achieved [..] #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:48 | heywho

@DATS_MYATTITUDE lml .. he apologized an said anything i missed he'll see to it that i get it. .. when i say i
blacked iii #BLACKED
05-Feb-10 02:48 | mrtopcharted
Historically speaking, what changed post-desegregation was the color of teachers and the leadership in Black
schools. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | ileducprof

RT @librarybeth: At the same time, Colleges of Ed. also need to develop antiracist educators from the start.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | soulful1

I wonder: what are schools doing to help teachers be better able to connect w/ cultural diffs amongst their
students? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | visionspeaks

RT @ileducprof: Historically, even in extremely segregated schools and spaces, Black students achieved
(Siddle-Walker & Anderson). #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | readtoday

RT @pwgreen3: #BlackEd Education and a laundry list of #socialjustice issues/problems/phemonena can not be
dealt w/with from a market based approach
05-Feb-10 02:47 | UrbanEducation

The best teachers need to be in the neediest schools. We would eliminate some major issues with that one
solution. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | Principal_EL

RT @flourishingkids must also do something abt # of kids spending more time in principal's office due 2 tchr not
understanding them #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | EDUCATIONCEO

@Principal_EL True. A white woman gave Booker T Washington his first book. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:47 | readtoday

Had a media specialist say it was reverse racism to ask her to display black authors during the month of
February. Display remains. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:47 | PaulWHankins

#BlackEd Education and a laundry list of #socialjustice issues/problems/phemonena can not be dealt w/with from
a market based approach
05-Feb-10 02:47 | pwgreen3

Ruby Pain has a good book about class gaps #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:47 | 2footgiraffe

RT @flourishingkids: We must also do something about # of kids spending more time in principal's office due to
teacher not understanding them #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:46 | UrbanEducation

@tomwhitby This is where Admins need to higher qualified teachers in subject/content areas to meet basic needs
#BlackEd #rigor
05-Feb-10 02:46 | journalproject

my 1st yr. i was not prepared to deal w/ emotional needs of students. tchrs must be supported on many fronts to
avoid burn out #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:46 | 2ndgradetchr

black perspective needed all subjects, including slavery. Hard I no, but the winners write history, but we get to
translate it now. #BlackED
05-Feb-10 02:46 | soulful1
@tomwhitby - We are not meeting educational, emotional, social, psychological, etc. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:45 | UrbanEducation

RT @readtoday @marchellihill: Redlining = maj prob. can't expect grade F schls 2 improve when they get less $
based on performance. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:45 | visionspeaks

The role of educators is to in increasing HIGH achievement is to fill in the "gap" w/ bridges that lead to success.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:45 | ileducprof

@readtoday @MarchelliHill Funding not based on perf. based on stdnt demo, e.g., Title I, ELL, &SWD.Schls
underfunded b/c prop taxes #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:45 | EDUCATIONCEO

@Principal_EL Same happens at my school. our best students are all colors. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:45 | 2footgiraffe

RT @tomwhitby: @journalproject Tchers are stressed more in low performing schools. They Burn out, or leave
asap. They need to be supported 2 stay #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:45 | 2ndgradetchr

RT: @ileducprof Before parents can impress upon children success, parents need to know what habits lead to
success. #BlackEd #parenting
05-Feb-10 02:45 | helainebecker

RT @tomwhitby: It is difficult to ask for rigor when schools are not meeting basic educational needs #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:45 | hadleyjf

We must also do something about # of kids spending more time in principal's office due to teacher not
understanding them #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:45 | flourishingkids

RT @journalproject: RT @urbaneducation: We lose "gifted students" to the streets as well #BlackEd - Why?
<---They are not challenged or see as having skill set
05-Feb-10 02:44 | reetherealist

High expectations,intentional teaching,continued progress monitoring and administrations that will hold teachers
accountable. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:44 | debiowens

RT @Principal_EL: @ileducprof Some of the highest performing all black male/classes were taught by white
females. Dangerous assumption. We need all! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:44 | readtoday

RT @urbaneducation: We lose "gifted students" to the streets as well #BlackEd - Why? <---They are not
challenged or see as having skill set
05-Feb-10 02:44 | journalproject

It is difficult to ask for rigor when schools are not meeting basic educational needs #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:44 | tomwhitby

Amen!! RT @readtoday: RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @UrbanEducation Gifted students are lost because they are
bored. It's in the research. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:44 | tshaka_zulu
yes! 1st placements r critical RT @journalproject: Low perf schls tend 2 hav higher % of novice teachers
#BlackEd @ileducprof Nd > 5 yr exp
05-Feb-10 02:43 | visionspeaks

RT @journalproject: RT @paulwhankins 1 of the better practices is 2 make sure that ALL stdnts are in the room
w/ tchrs who truly understand rigor #BlackEd <YES!
05-Feb-10 02:43 | reetherealist

@nvrcomfortable REmember to capitalize the B & the E in #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:43 | journalproject

RT @marchellihill: Redlining is a major problem. You can't expect grade F schools to improve when they get less
money based on their performance. #blacked
05-Feb-10 02:43 | readtoday

Same 4 natives in Cda RT: @ileducprof most Blacks were excluded from mainstream schools up until the 1970s.
A generation gap! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:43 | helainebecker

At the same time, Colleges of Ed. also need to develop antiracist educators from the start. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:42 | librarybeth

@pwgreen3 We're creating such ThinkTank... stay tuned #BlackEd its in the works

05-Feb-10 02:42 | journalproject

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @UrbanEducation Gifted students are lost because they are bored. It's in the research.
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:42 | readtoday

RT @tomwhitby: @journalproject Tchers are stressed more in low performing schools. They Burn out, or leave
asap. They need to be supported 2 stay #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:42 | UrbanEducation

RT @tomwhitby: @journalproject Tchers are stressed more in low performing schools. They Burn out, or leave
asap. They need to be supported 2 stay #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:42 | flourishingkids

RT @marchellihill: Redlining is a major problem. You can't expect grade F schools to improve when they get less
money based on their performance. #blacked
05-Feb-10 02:42 | UrbanEducation

@DATS_MYATTITUDE why am i so late i said i had a family emergency an he said what was it in front of the
whole class.. i #blacked
05-Feb-10 02:42 | mrtopcharted

@pwgreen3 We are the think tank. thanks to twitter #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:42 | 2footgiraffe

RT @soulful1: parents need partner w/school to help children succeed. Focus on homework and study time. Has
2 B goal from birth, succeed school #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:42 | LornadEnt

Scenario: I've been in China for 20 yrs segregated from the city. At 21, I have a kid. She is allowed 2 attend
school. My role? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:41 | ileducprof
@journalproject Tchers are stressed more in low performing schools. They Burn out, or leave asap. They need to
be supported 2 stay #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:41 | tomwhitby

RT: @ileducprof To tackle the gap, we must intentionally inform parents what's needed 2 survive middle class
schools. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:41 | helainebecker

RT @journalproject: Also need to higher teachers w/ subject mastery - #BlackEd @ileducprof @educationceo
@readtoday
05-Feb-10 02:41 | readtoday

We had @vli123 Ako Kambon speak to our faculty & staff this year about how 2 reach out 2 African American
students. Excellent spkr! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:41 | RonnieGonzalez

RT @paulwhankins 1 of the better practices is 2 make sure that ALL stdnts are in the room w/ tchrs who truly
understand rigor #BlackEd <YES!
05-Feb-10 02:40 | journalproject

RT @UrbanEducation: First we have to realize that students are not products ---> They are human beings. Can't
use the Walmart model for schools #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:40 | readtoday

We need to lengthen the "training" time given our new teachers b4 they are allowed to take over classes, novice
to seasoned bridge #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:40 | ChaddBgrindin

#BlackEd we need a think tank dedicated exclusively to this issue of #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:40 | pwgreen3

RT @ileducprof: An important question is how do we prepare parents for middle class schools, so they can
prepare their child for success. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:40 | readtoday

@pwgreen3 - Guess where they cut the funding first? ---> Alt. certification programs #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:40 | UrbanEducation

RT @soulful1: parents need partner w/school to help children succeed. Focus on homework and study time. Has
2 B goal from birth, succeed school #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:40 | reetherealist

OR b/c their families don't support/encourage edu RT @UrbanEducation: We lose "gifted students" to the streets
as well #BlackEd - Why?
05-Feb-10 02:40 | visionspeaks

@vli123 Mentioned today's media is very influential 2 our students and we need 2 encourage families to turn off
the TV and talk #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:40 | RonnieGonzalez

#BlackEd there is lots of great theory but not enough action, or not enough time in the day to compile the theory
to put into praxis
05-Feb-10 02:40 | pwgreen3

Too many parents are not getting involved and 2 many teachers are having to babysit #blackEd We need
synergy!
05-Feb-10 02:40 | tshaka_zulu
An important question is how do we prepare parents for middle class schools, so they can prepare their child for
success. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:39 | ileducprof

First we have to realize that students are not products ---> They are human beings. Can't use the Walmart model
for schools #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:39 | UrbanEducation

@journalproject In corporate America they begin with ethnographic research and have "agile development"
would save $$ for kids #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:39 | readtoday

@journalproject @dcpublicschool social control functions in many social welfare programs and polices allow that
to happen #Blacked re: prfts
05-Feb-10 02:39 | NvrComfortable

@ileducprof I prefer to think about schools as places where we all agree to conform somewhat for our communal
and indiv benefit #blackEd
05-Feb-10 02:39 | helainebecker

@journalproject another good point. Unfortunately there often isn't a lot of teachers to choose from. #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:39 | 2footgiraffe

#blacked Haven't been through ur whole dialogue yet but as an active parent I think that's the only way we'll
change things-active parenting
05-Feb-10 02:38 | tshaka_zulu

parents need partner w/school to help children succeed. Focus on homework and study time. Has 2 B goal from
birth, succeed school #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:38 | soulful1

Also need to higher teachers w/ subject mastery - #BlackEd @ileducprof @educationceo @readtoday

05-Feb-10 02:38 | journalproject

@journalproject: Amen family! @readtoday We have the dollars we're not properly making use of those dollars
@Principal_EL #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:38 | Principal_EL

We lose "gifted students" to the streets as well #BlackEd - Why?

05-Feb-10 02:38 | UrbanEducation

RT @ileducprof: We must acknowledge that most Blacks were excluded from mainstream schools up until the
1970s in this country. A generation gap! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:38 | reetherealist

Parental involvement is not uniquely a black problem. It should be addressed with all parents. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:38 | tomwhitby

Only Black teachers for Black students? White teachers can't teach Black students? #BlackEd Dangerous
assumption
05-Feb-10 02:38 | ileducprof

RT @dcpublicschool: Black folk back [in the day] had a thirst for knowledge & strong desire to learn. w/ perhaps
greater obstacles #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:38 | visionspeaks
RT @journalproject @pwgreen3 We also know not enough Black teacher are entering the profession. #BlackEd
@ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:37 | ileducprof

One of the better practices is to make sure that ALL students are in the room with teachers who truly understand
rigor #blacked
05-Feb-10 02:37 | PaulWHankins

Low-performing, high-stdnt of clr schls shld have reflections of blk sucess plastered throughout the building
@ileducprof #BlackEd @pwgreen3
05-Feb-10 02:37 | journalproject

Simply hiring teachers of color is not an option to solve the educational crisis in this country. That would be
negligent. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:37 | ileducprof

What have we done that works? Develop a list and grow it so we can offer solutions to the masses who need it!
Thankful to our host..#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:37 | Principal_EL

RT @journalproject: @readtoday We have the dollars we're not properly making use of those dollars #BlackEd
@principal_el
05-Feb-10 02:36 | readtoday

@ileducprof yet Black folk back then had a thirst for knowledge and strong desire to learn. with perhaps greater
obstacles. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:36 | dcpublicschool

RT @UrbanEducation @pwgreen3 - Not enough to have teachers of color if they have don't have the passion to
teach #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:36 | ileducprof

Admin need to change their behavior from ones where it seems discipline is their only focus to one where
education is facilitated #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:36 | ChaddBgrindin

RT @ileducprof: What we need to be asking is what are the assumptions that teachers & administrators may hold
about Black students? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:36 | walkerdl

RT @ileducprof: RT @2ndgradetchr we also need 2 acknowledge any parental involvement as parental


involvement, instead of thinking "not good enough" #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:36 | readtoday

@ileducprof we also need 2 b thinking about challenging the "white" norms of school. new epistemological
perspectives on schooling #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:35 | pwgreen3

@readtoday We have the dollars we're not properly making use of those dollars #BlackEd @principal_el

05-Feb-10 02:35 | journalproject

@EDUCATIONCEO Yes! I agree and I make a point to communicate and welcome parent discussion. But how
do we teach other tchrs this? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:35 | flourishingkids

Seriously, everyone should be following the #BlackEd chat tonight. Great points.

05-Feb-10 02:35 | AndreaZellner


They do a great job of explaining blacks have a history of educational success in "Young, Gifted & Black"
#BlackEd @pwgreen3 @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:34 | journalproject

RT @readtoday: @journalproject @Principal_EL We also need to insist on a relocation of resources. $14K per
student for reading readiness is insane #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:34 | UrbanEducation

RT @visionspeaks: That split b/w SpEd & Gifted is craziness. They looked @ my mom & I like we were crazy
when we moved to UT #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:34 | readtoday

RT @2ndgradetchr we also need 2 acknowledge any parental involvement as parental involvement, instead of
thinking "not good enough" #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:34 | ileducprof

RT @mzsuzuki: Don't worry about "tracking systems" if they are tracking students in their minds #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:34 | readtoday

@journalproject @Principal_EL We also need to insist on a relocation of resources. $14K per student for reading
readiness is insane #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:34 | readtoday

RT @2footgiraffe @EDUCATIONCEO agreed expectataions need to be high #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:33 | ileducprof

RT @Principal_EL: Not being critical but just want us to keep a focus on funding for key programs we know will
work for children and teachers! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:33 | UrbanEducation

@pwgreen3 Excellent book for #BlackEd "Young, Gifted & Black"

05-Feb-10 02:33 | journalproject

@flourishingkids If u r parent, u shld b able 2 hv honest dialogue w/parents.I did w/parents.I was not pretentious
or condescending #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:33 | EDUCATIONCEO

#BlackEd @journalproject true, Steele, Hilliard, Perry address this in there text Young, Gifted Aand Black

05-Feb-10 02:33 | pwgreen3

@ileducprof if the assertion on culture is true -- then it would be consistent if you were rich white kid as well..
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | heywho

Institute borrow-book programs RT: @ileducprof RT @journalproject What are actions admins can take to
address the opportunity gap? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | helainebecker

@journalproject Tracking is counterproductive for everyone. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:32 | tomwhitby

RT @ileducprof: We must acknowledge that most Blacks were excluded from mainstream schools up until the
1970s in this country. A generation gap! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | DoctressStory
Not being critical but just want us to keep a focus on funding for key programs we know will work for children and
teachers! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | Principal_EL

@journalproject RE:more Blk tchrs - if u cant do away w/politics inside schls, grads will go elsewhere 2 make
living.Respect. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | EDUCATIONCEO

@EDUCATIONCEO so how do we re-construct the most useful/accessible type of parent involvement? We need
to build a bridge. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | flourishingkids

RT @journalproject: Admins need to seek to remove tracking systems. These systms set expectations. All
students need rigorous curric @ileducprof #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | soulful1

RT: @ileducprof RT @walkerdl Parents need to impress upon their kids the importance of academic success.
Mentors are also needed #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:32 | helainebecker

RT @journalproject: We need to work to improve the supply of Teachers #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:31 | soulful1

RT @Principal_EL: Honestly many of the issues we r addressing require funding that school leaders don't
have..reduced loads/class sizes etc... #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:31 | readtoday

We need to work to improve the supply of Teachers #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:31 | journalproject

watching this #BlackEd steam. very interesting convo

05-Feb-10 02:31 | reetherealist

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @2ndgradetchr @ileducprof I agree that 'parental involvement' is a cultural construct.


#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:31 | readtoday

.@pwgreen3 Are also not enough librarians of color, which affects aspects of learning, reading, inquiry, informal
education #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:31 | librarybeth

Admins need to seek to remove tracking systems. These systms set expectations. All students need rigorous
curric @ileducprof #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:31 | journalproject

Honestly many of the issues we r addressing require funding that school leaders don't have..reduced loads/class
sizes etc... #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:30 | Principal_EL

@ileducprof good point. #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:30 | 2footgiraffe

To tackle the generation gap/opportunity gap, we must intentionally inform parents what's needed 2 survive
middle class schools. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:30 | ileducprof
RT @ileducprof: We must acknowledge that most Blacks were excluded from mainstream schools up until the
1970s in this country. A generation gap! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:29 | readtoday

RT @ileducprof: Before parents can impress upon children success, parents need to know what habits lead to
success. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:29 | journalproject

@journalproject Thanks for remembering me! I am jumping in, reading along! Deeply interested in this! #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:29 | librarybeth

@ileducprof I'm not educator, So --just guessing-- I was coming from, "speak into existing listening" -- regardless
of culture #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:29 | heywho

We must acknowledge that most Blacks were excluded from mainstream schools up until the 1970s in this
country. A generation gap! #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:28 | ileducprof

RT @ileducprof: Before parents can impress upon children success, parents need to know what habits lead to
success. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:28 | readtoday

@pwgreen3 We also know not enough Black teacher are entering the profession. How can admins encourage
more to join? #BlackEd @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:28 | journalproject

RT @ileducprof: First, we need to redefine parental "involvement." Even parental involvement is a cultural
construct #BlackEd @ChaddBgrindin
05-Feb-10 02:28 | flourishingkids

@pwgreen3 - Not enough to have teachers of color if they have don't have the passion to teach #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:28 | UrbanEducation

RT @ileducprof: Before parents can impress upon children success, parents need to know what habits lead to
success. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:28 | misscalcul8

RT @journalproject Admins can also wrk 2 lower tchr loads so that tchrs can spend more time w/ students<fewer
irrelevant fac mtgs #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:28 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @AndreaZellner: @journalproject White teachers are not taught how to eradicate their own internalized
racism which in turn harms their students. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:28 | soulful1

RT @pwgreen3: @journalproject @ileducprof we know that there are not enough teachers of color in the
classroom, hire more Black teachers #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:27 | readtoday

RT @readtoday: @Principal_EL I agree. We see data at the end of Kindergarten that indicates children of color
are already at a disadvantage #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:27 | soulful1

RT @EDUCATIONCEO: @Principal_EL @readtoday That is the core of my studies: Disproportionate number of


Black kids in Special Ed & few in Gifted #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:27 | readtoday
@journalproject @ileducprof we know that there are not enough teachers of color in the classroom, hire more
Black teachers #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:26 | pwgreen3

RT @ileducprof: First, we need to redefine parental "involvement." Even parental involvement is a cultural
construct #BlackEd @ChaddBgrindin
05-Feb-10 02:26 | 2ndgradetchr

@Principal_EL @readtoday That is the core of my studies: Disproportionate number of Black kids in Special Ed &
few in Gifted #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:26 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @ileducprof: First, we need to redefine parental "involvement." Even parental involvement is a cultural
construct #BlackEd @ChaddBgrindin
05-Feb-10 02:26 | readtoday

Admins can also work to lower teacher loads so that teachers can spend more time w/ students #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:26 | journalproject

RT @Principal_EL: We have to expose students early to opportunity. There is a large exposure gap as well!
#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:26 | misscalcul8

@journalproject Hold on, what did I miss? I've been out of the loop for about a week because of comps. What is
#BlackEd ?
05-Feb-10 02:25 | librarybeth

@Principal_EL agreed, Early motivation, early relevance. #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:25 | 2footgiraffe

We also have to teach children networking skills #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:25 | mzsuzuki

First, we need to redefine parental "involvement." Even parental involvement is a cultural construct #BlackEd
@ChaddBgrindin
05-Feb-10 02:25 | ileducprof

LOL! I almost did, but scheduled a getaway instead. RT @Principal_EL: I am back...sorry! Foolishly went to the
store before snow. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:25 | visionspeaks

@ileducprof Y may b right about abilities not being race based but 400 years kept down has to have an impact, Y
not n education #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:24 | soulful1

@AndreaZellner I think a lot of this will be lost with the departure of some of the older generation. #blacked not
true for all though
05-Feb-10 02:24 | 2footgiraffe

@Principal_EL I agree. We see data at the end of Kindergarten that indicates children of color are already at a
disadvantage #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:24 | readtoday

@Principal_EL You have a detention after the chat! #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:24 | EDUCATIONCEO


@journalproject White teachers are not taught how to eradicate their own internalized racism which in turn harms
their students. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:23 | AndreaZellner

RT @mzsuzuki: @journalproject - Or Colleges need to do a better job preparing teachers to work in schools
#BlackEd -> Indeed!
05-Feb-10 02:23 | pwgreen3

I am back...sorry! Foolishly went to the store before snow.


#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:23 | Principal_EL

RT @ileducprof: Race does not dictate behavior, nor does race dictate intellectual abilities. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:23 | iMrsF

RT @journalproject I think one way admins. can address closing the opportunity gap is by changing hiriing
process #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:23 | ileducprof

@walkerdl An assumption is that Black parents don't care about education or they don't tell their children to care
about learning. #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:22 | ileducprof

How can admins & teachers challenge these faulty assumptions that Black students cant achieve/excel
@ileducprof? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:22 | journalproject

@mzsuzuki Teachers need 2 reach out 2 parents & help them help their kids. No h.s. diploma does not= they
dont care #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:22 | EDUCATIONCEO

@journalproject - Or Colleges need to do a better job preparing teachers to work in schools #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:22 | mzsuzuki

RT @mzsuzuki: What about the parents who dropped out of school or who didn't like school? #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:21 | readtoday

RT @ileducprof: Race does not dictate behavior, nor does race dictate intellectual abilities. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:21 | 2ndgradetchr

Many educators are taught in Educator Programs that black students are proned for failure #BlackEd @ileducprof

05-Feb-10 02:21 | journalproject

@pwgreen3 Okay, that makes sense. some education jargon i don't always comprehend the way I should. nice
article #blacked
05-Feb-10 02:21 | 2footgiraffe

RT @ileducprof: What we need 2 be asking is what r the assumptions that teachers and administrators may hold
about Black students? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:21 | journalproject

RT: @ileducprof @EDUCATIONCEO What are the unique needs of African American students? And, how
different from other students? #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:21 | helainebecker
RT @ileducprof: Race does not dictate behavior, nor does race dictate intellectual abilities. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:20 | readtoday

@journalproject Tenure is a guarantee of due process and a protection for academic freedom #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:20 | tomwhitby

@journalproject I thought them Brilliantly -- they just REFUSED TO LEARN #BlackEd =8^)

05-Feb-10 02:20 | heywho

RT @ileducprof: Race does not dictate behavior, nor does race dictate intellectual abilities. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:20 | journalproject

RT @2footgiraffe: @EDUCATIONCEO agreed expectataions need to be high #blacked

05-Feb-10 02:19 | journalproject

Race does not dictate behavior, nor does race dictate intellectual abilities. #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:19 | ileducprof

@2footgiraffe Thank ou! We hv 2 stop listening to talking heads! Can u type #BlackEd instead of lowercase? that
is a diff topic! Ha ha! Thx
05-Feb-10 02:19 | EDUCATIONCEO

RT @chaddbgrindin we need admins who r stdnt centered & not pay check centered, get them more involved
and excited about education #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:19 | journalproject

RT @ileducprof: RT @walkerdl Parents need to impress upon their kids the importance of academic success.
Mentors are also needed #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:18 | soulful1

Parent participation depends on demographic..right? Or parent participation varies depends on demographic


#BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:18 | UrbanEducation

@2footgiraffe re:culturally relevant curriculum see:http://bit.ly/dopWu2 #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:18 | pwgreen3

Schls that serve the undeserved shld reassess tenure. Tenure shld be meaningful as in the academy #BlackEd &
the opporutnity gap @ileducprof
05-Feb-10 02:18 | journalproject

RT @walkerdl Parents need to impress upon their kids the importance of academic success. Mentors are also
needed #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:18 | ileducprof

we need to have admin who are student centered and not pay check centered, get them more involved and
excited about education #BlackEd
05-Feb-10 02:18 | ChaddBgrindin

RT @journalproject What are actions admins can take to address the opportunity gap? #BlackEd

05-Feb-10 02:17 | ileducprof

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