Student Stories: A New Orleans Classroom Chronicletag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-06-29:/edweek/nola_voices//572008-07-15T15:03:22ZStudents at the Center is a 12-year-old writing and digital-media program for students in two New Orleans high schools, co-directed by educators Jim Randels and Kalamu ya Salaam. ((NOTE: This opinion blog is now closed, and we are not accepting any more comments.)Movable Type Pro 5.2.7Farewell Blog: No Choicetag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.62822008-07-15T15:02:30Z2008-07-15T15:03:22ZThe Students at the Center community is bidding a few farewells this summer, including one to this blog. Today’s entry is our last, and in it we want to share and explain two of our other farewells: one that’s by...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
The Students at the Center community is bidding a few farewells this summer, including one to this blog. Today’s entry is our last, and in it we want to share and explain two of our other farewells: one that’s by...
Learning to Read and Thinktag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.61312008-06-29T23:58:45Z2008-06-30T00:01:43ZA key feature of SAC work is what students learn as they are in our classes and as they are training to work as staff members. Today’s entries by Naila Campbell, McMain 2008 graduate and emerging staff member, and Alexandra...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
A key feature of SAC work is what students learn as they are in our classes and as they are training to work as staff members. Today’s entries by Naila Campbell, McMain 2008 graduate and emerging staff member, and Alexandra...
Liberatory Education: Two Essaystag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.61232008-06-27T17:33:01Z2008-06-27T17:41:49ZToday’s blog features two writings from the three-week workshop in writing, critical pedagogy, and digital media SAC just completed for the New Orleans public school system. A regular feature of SAC work is to work in settings where teachers and...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Today’s blog features two writings from the three-week workshop in writing, critical pedagogy, and digital media SAC just completed for the New Orleans public school system. A regular feature of SAC work is to work in settings where teachers and...
Vietnamese Identity and Culturetag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.60522008-06-20T12:57:11Z2008-06-20T12:58:44ZDuring the last week of May and the first three weeks of June, Students at the Center staff, graduates, and students have been leading two separate workshops for teachers in the New Orleans Public Schools. Today’s essay comes from Anthony...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
During the last week of May and the first three weeks of June, Students at the Center staff, graduates, and students have been leading two separate workshops for teachers in the New Orleans Public Schools. Today’s essay comes from Anthony...
New Orleans, Kenya, Vietnamtag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.58812008-05-31T15:37:35Z2008-05-31T15:49:37ZAfter Katrina, there has been a lot of talk of citizen participation and its increase in New Orleans. At Douglass we have been experiencing this in a range of ways: absence of many pre-Katrina school and community leaders because of...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
After Katrina, there has been a lot of talk of citizen participation and its increase in New Orleans. At Douglass we have been experiencing this in a range of ways: absence of many pre-Katrina school and community leaders because of...
Separate But Equal Revisitiedtag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.58262008-05-25T18:34:30Z2008-05-25T18:35:35ZToday we feature one student’s reflections about the public school facilities issue in New Orleans. Alexandra Lear, a 2007 graduate of McMain Secondary School and staff member with Students at the Center, shares these thoughts as the city is going...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Today we feature one student’s reflections about the public school facilities issue in New Orleans. Alexandra Lear, a 2007 graduate of McMain Secondary School and staff member with Students at the Center, shares these thoughts as the city is going...
Honoring Frederick Douglass?tag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.56852008-05-08T17:21:40Z2008-05-08T17:23:57ZOn Tuesday, May 6, the Recovery School District (RSD) superintendent, Paul Vallas, was 30 minutes late for a community meeting to discuss the school system’s plans for Douglass High School. Over 100 people attended, including well over half of the...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
On Tuesday, May 6, the Recovery School District (RSD) superintendent, Paul Vallas, was 30 minutes late for a community meeting to discuss the school system’s plans for Douglass High School. Over 100 people attended, including well over half of the...
First Book, Closing Schooltag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.56502008-05-04T21:35:28Z2008-05-04T21:41:08ZToday’s entry is from Kirsten Theodore, who will graduate in June 2008 from Frederick Douglass High School, which she has described in a previous essay in this blog series as her dream school. This Tuesday (May 6, 2008) she along...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Today’s entry is from Kirsten Theodore, who will graduate in June 2008 from Frederick Douglass High School, which she has described in a previous essay in this blog series as her dream school. This Tuesday (May 6, 2008) she along...
Algebra Project at Douglass and Beyondtag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.55652008-04-23T01:13:38Z2008-04-23T01:15:33ZPrior to Katrina, community involvement at Douglass High School was building and took a variety of forms. One of the most important was the weekly adult math literacy class hosted by the Douglass Community Coalition in collaboration with the New...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Prior to Katrina, community involvement at Douglass High School was building and took a variety of forms. One of the most important was the weekly adult math literacy class hosted by the Douglass Community Coalition in collaboration with the New...
Vallas Claims No Community Involvementtag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.55402008-04-18T17:36:21Z2008-04-18T17:40:30ZThis week has been busy with responses to the April 7 announcement of the impending closing of Douglass High School. Earlier this week, on Monday, April 14, Recovery School District (RSD) Superintendent Paul Vallas gave a report to state superintendent...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
This week has been busy with responses to the April 7 announcement of the impending closing of Douglass High School. Earlier this week, on Monday, April 14, Recovery School District (RSD) Superintendent Paul Vallas gave a report to state superintendent...
Who's Holding the Gun?tag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.54582008-04-09T00:40:50Z2008-04-09T00:51:20ZYesterday we learned officially that Frederick Douglass High School will close within the next two years and maybe even next year. This decision came without input from students, their parents, teachers, or community members. In light of this news, we...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Yesterday we learned officially that Frederick Douglass High School will close within the next two years and maybe even next year. This decision came without input from students, their parents, teachers, or community members. In light of this news, we...
Consultants Trump Communitytag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.54312008-04-06T15:20:37Z2008-04-06T15:25:05ZOur SAC team shared this essay last night in one of the sessions of the College Composition and Communication Conference, at which our school-based writing community presented at five different conference events for college English professors from across the country....Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Our SAC team shared this essay last night in one of the sessions of the College Composition and Communication Conference, at which our school-based writing community presented at five different conference events for college English professors from across the country....
School Choicetag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.53902008-04-02T02:09:50Z2008-04-02T02:22:13ZNew Orleans has some new winter and spring rituals for public education. Starting in January, our streets are lined with signs advertising different charter schools. A month ago, a couple of local organizations sponsored a major school fair on a...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
New Orleans has some new winter and spring rituals for public education. Starting in January, our streets are lined with signs advertising different charter schools. A month ago, a couple of local organizations sponsored a major school fair on a...
Finding SAC Classtag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.53362008-03-27T21:55:23Z2008-03-27T22:03:32ZThis is the time of year when students begin to select courses for the next school year. Students at the Center classes have always been open to any student at the school. In some cases students choose our classes. In...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
This is the time of year when students begin to select courses for the next school year. Students at the Center classes have always been open to any student at the school. In some cases students choose our classes. In...
Reading Toni Morrisontag:blogs.edweek.org,2008:/edweek/nola_voices//57.52842008-03-20T22:03:41Z2008-03-20T22:07:24ZOur students at both Douglass and McMain have read Toni Morrison’s Beloved this spring. Many of them are in the middle of working with some of our staff and graduates to develop a play that incorporates their writing about violence...Jim Randelshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/nola_voices/
Our students at both Douglass and McMain have read Toni Morrison’s Beloved this spring. Many of them are in the middle of working with some of our staff and graduates to develop a play that incorporates their writing about violence...