http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:27:28 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:27:28 -0800 Although I am not completely new to the teaching profession, I often feel similar to first-year teachers since I am in my first year at KIPP Delta in Helena, Arkansas. In certain ways (easy and plentiful access to resources, myriad intelligent and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/post.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50123ddee677a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teaching education innovation commitment charter schools kipp http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/social-studies-methods-books-review.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/social-studies-methods-books-review.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/social-studies-methods-books-review.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:55:26 -0800 Chimaobi Amutah EDSE 647 Book Review Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric Dyson Each year in cities and towns large and small throughout the United States races for municipal office seem to boil... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/social-studies-methods-books-review.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50123f1848001860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> race class bill cosby michael eric dyson http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/tunica-river-park.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/tunica-river-park.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/tunica-river-park.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:26:49 -0700 The Tunica River Park affords a host of opportunities for people who are seeking to understand the historical importance of the Mississippi River's usage from its beginnings with the Native Americans and conquistadors up through it's present-day s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/tunica-river-park.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50123f175dc41860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> experiential learning lesson plan tunic river park http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/is-this-what-success-is-all-about---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/is-this-what-success-is-all-about---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/is-this-what-success-is-all-about---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:37 -0700 When teaching in the districts that MTC places us in, tangible success is often hard to come by. Failure seems to be what is constantly in our face as we think of all the things that our students are doing besides learning, all the places that our... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/is-this-what-success-is-all-about---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd501240b72388a860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> testing teaching math success standardized testing kipp incremental success http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/im-from-the-hood-stupid-what-types-of-facts-are-those---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/im-from-the-hood-stupid-what-types-of-facts-are-those---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/im-from-the-hood-stupid-what-types-of-facts-are-those---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:11:12 -0700 To be honest, after a second perusal of Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty I'm not sure how I feel about it. Two years ago when I first blogged about the book I had this to say. Oh, the days when I was a fiery leftist blogger.... I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/im-from-the-hood-stupid-what-types-of-facts-are-those---shawn-carter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50123dda63901860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poverty class stereotypes classism ruby payne http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/research-based-best-practice-article.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/research-based-best-practice-article.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/research-based-best-practice-article.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:28:54 -0700 The research article that I read was "The 'Building Tasks' of Critical History: Structuring Social Studies for Social Justice" by Wayne Au. It was published in Social Studies Research and Practice in July of this year. In the article, Au looks at ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/research-based-best-practice-article.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50123ddceda33860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teaching social justice education research social studies scholars http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/defining-social-studies.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/defining-social-studies.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/defining-social-studies.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:04:20 -0700 Social studies is the academic revelaing of people and their interactions near and far, throughout time and space, from minute households to expansive continents. It encompasses a wide range of disciplines including psychology, sociology, history,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/defining-social-studies.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50110164d4785860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> academia social studies definition http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/my-mom-brothers-and-big-sis-the-morning-of-her-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/my-mom-brothers-and-big-sis-the-morning-of-her-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/my-mom-brothers-and-big-sis-the-morning-of-her-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:40:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972959d44cd50110185ea013860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972959d44cd50110185ea013860f-50si" alt="Coso 4 Life" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/my-mom-brothers-and-big-sis-the-morning-of-her-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd5011017ffae1e860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family wedding love celebration trenton http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/dont-wanna-close-my-eyes-dont-wanna-fall-asleep-cause-id-miss-you-baby-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/dont-wanna-close-my-eyes-dont-wanna-fall-asleep-cause-id-miss-you-baby-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/dont-wanna-close-my-eyes-dont-wanna-fall-asleep-cause-id-miss-you-baby-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:21:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972959d44cd50110167b0a7b860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972959d44cd50110167b0a7b860c-50si" alt="Last Day Sad Face" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So here I sit in my kitchen in Belzoni on my last day of official residence in Mississippi. Feelings, reflections, and stray thoughts abound. I'm excited about moving to my new town and school though nervous about the level of commitment that m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/dont-wanna-close-my-eyes-dont-wanna-fall-asleep-cause-id-miss-you-baby-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd50110167b0b37860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teaching change mississippi arkansas moving on http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/positive-press-for-trenton-courtesy-ofmy-little-brother.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Chimaobi) http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/positive-press-for-trenton-courtesy-ofmy-little-brother.html?_c=feed-rss http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/positive-press-for-trenton-courtesy-ofmy-little-brother.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:57:33 -0700 Our main local newspaper here in Trenton, the Trenton Times, published a piece on my little brother revolving around the fact that this year he was the only Trentonian to graduate from The Lawrenceville School located in a "nicer" part of our coun... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chimaobi.vox.com/library/post/positive-press-for-trenton-courtesy-ofmy-little-brother.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972959d44cd501101657afc0860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family success stereotypes david amutah