Campbell’s lived experience as a native Black Bostonian showed her firsthand how uneven and oppressive the school-to-prison pipeline can be. Her late twin brother, Andre, was a victim of the systems she works to rebuild.

it is telling that the top two picks are the fairest skinned

One of the most heartbreaking realizations of the mayoral campaign was learning why she didn’t run until she took office. As a daughter of Roxbury, she didn’t believe it was possible

My attempt is rather to relate, firstly, the origin and sources of our chivalry; secondly, its character and teaching; thirdly, its influence among the masses; and, fourthly, the continuity and permanence of its influence.

Provide an approach to content instruc-tion that cultivates the skills for 21st century literacy: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity

they remain beholden to and supported by the state.This makes them operate in fundamentally different ways than U.S. banks.

such as stock and bond markets, leaving banksas the main providers of credit in China’s economy and,thus,indispensable.

“Often, schools say, ‘We’ll give help to the kids who are posing the biggest challenges.’ But what about the rest of the students?”

Lallinger had worked hard to build strong relationships with his students, and so he sometimes knew what was affecting them before they even set foot in his classroom. But not always. And that made it hard to teach and hard to know why a student was zoning out or struggling with homework

Fourth, inoffering examples of how the tools have been used, I encouragethought about how the tools might be used in other educationalresearchers’ work

Third, I would like to stimulate thoughtabout how these tools can be extended and improved

Second, I offer tools for mea-suring the content of instruction, the content of instructionalmaterials, and the alignment between these and illustrate thetools’ validity and valu

First, to illustrate theimportance of the content of instruction as a variable in educa-tional research and as a key component of efforts to improve thequality of instructional practice

Made in China 2025, Beijing has designs to dominate cutting-edge technologies like advanced microchips, artificial intelligence and electric cars, among many others, in a decade

500 million rural Chinese people into cities over the last 35 years. China now has more than 600 cities

But what the data shows is we know if we're looking at test scores, if we're measuring the achievement gap, which is the test score gap between black and white students, that gap was the narrowest at the peak of integration in the school integration, which was 1988. As soon as we start to see the segregation increasing again, that achievement gap increases. And we've actually never gotten back to that low point that we were at when schools were their most integrated.

22 percentage-point decline in the probability of adult incarceration (Figure 13a)

They do things like buy expensive designer belts and $2500 luxury handbags.

Students are introduced to the murder of Emmett Till through watching an excerpt from the “Awakenings” segment of the Eyes on the Prize video series. Then they begin to explore how Emmett Till’s murder became a pivotal moment in civil rights history through identifying the important decisions made by individuals and groups involved in this event

his purpose in the struggle was strictly to save the Union; it was not to free the slaves

Appropriate questioning is an important means of differentiation and infusing critical thinking in academi-cally rigorous learning environments.

They are motivated by wishful thinking. This error leads the individual to stop gathering information when the evidence gathered so far confirms the views (prejudices) one would like to be true.

degradation

was invented during the 19th century and, despite concerted attempts by today’s scholars to kill it off, it simply refuses to die

oxymoron

stagnation