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Grading the Common Core: No Teaching Experience Required
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Testing groups point to strict training and criteria for Common Core grading, but the use of temps for increasingly complex tests is being questioned.]]> a69f86c5e34a095a5312936967bb959c 2015-06-21T04:49:03+01:00 2015-06-21T04:49:03+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Teachers Have Been Staging Protests Around the World—Here's What They Looked Like
www.theatlantic.com
From South Korea to Brazil, educators have been taking to the streets.]]> 5f73960483752901f2234ee9d27f8790 2015-06-21T02:05:14+01:00 2015-06-21T02:05:14+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
#Charlestonsyllabus
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Here is a list of seminal readings that educators across the country can use to broach conversations in the classroom about the horrendous events that unfolded in Charleston, South Carolina this week. These readings provide valuable information about the history of racial violence in this country an…]]> cde9cc8678b0ee555ea31b555521f5c8 2015-06-20T17:11:07+01:00 2015-06-20T17:11:07+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
When Will U.S. Apologize for Boarding School Genocide?
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As bad as residential schools were in Canada, those in the U.S. were worse, more numerous and conscripted far more children; will the U.S. apologize?]]> 9945a306c231ca220905c8c3f1b7286a 2015-06-20T17:10:37+01:00 2015-06-20T17:10:37+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Supreme Court sides with police in confrontations with mentally disabled
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police cannot be sued for using force against people with mental disabilities when their constitutional right to privacy is not clear.]]> 91eefd1b04c789606eac25d4dd0db60e 2015-06-19T13:28:15+01:00 2015-06-19T13:28:15+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Confederate Flag: Hate of Heritage?

Is the Confederate flag a symbol of hate or heritage?Correction: The Confederate flag has not flown over the the South Carolina State Capitol since 2000. It flies on the grounds of the State Capitol.]]> e96cd7dead92d198dd86ffea75bcacab 2015-06-19T13:09:56+01:00 2015-06-19T13:09:56+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)

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White parents, there is work to be done and you have a critical role to play. #CharlestonMassacre — with Latesha Bonnieboo Jackson and Charlene Seabrooks.]]> 60499d2b4278307e4e419ccc7e14610d 2015-06-19T02:55:43+01:00 2015-06-19T02:55:43+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Why calling the Charleston shooting terrorism is important to so many people
www.vox.com
For most of American history, "terrorism" has referred to acts committed by white people against black people.]]> ff9451643f7172cd67f92a87cc679d2e 2015-06-19T00:59:17+01:00 2015-06-19T00:59:17+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qA9lKRt3Z_Aw3xSL3NEVa2EU_DE5Swcbb0l3BYcA1po/viewform


RSVP for NYCoRE's End of the Year Celebration
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Come celebrate the end of the school year and all the work we have done both inside and outside our school buildings. This meeting will be a space to reflect on our activism and practice both in NYCoRE and our classrooms. We will be sharing our experiences, recognizing our commitment to NYCoRE, eati…]]> 31cffd7ef7bf3c440d63bbaab5bb74ad 2015-06-19T00:54:24+01:00 2015-06-19T00:54:24+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Photos of Franchesca "Chescaleigh" Ramsey
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"The flag that Dylann Roof embraced, which many South Carolinians embrace, endorses the violence he committed." -- Ta-Nehisi Coates Read the article at @[29259828486:274:The Atlantic]: http://sp.lc/OvvCK (Image Credit: flickr/eyeliam)]]> afbec27cd194b15c399a1cbb5f18675f 2015-06-18T20:41:15+01:00 2015-06-18T20:41:15+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-1/c0.3.100.100/p100x100/10404518_1396215770599182_387042924522621725_n.jpg?oh=4620f1a6f5a2bf8d2718f270ff2dad95&oe=55EB006D&__gda__=1445816878_0f1ce961f470e958edf8c16d8d66a2f0

New York Collective of Radical Educators: Educators of Color Group

Resources for white folks, white allies and white co-accomplices. Please share and feel free to comment and add your own.Texts:Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving: http://www.amazon.com/Waking-White-Finding-Myself-Story/dp/0991331303/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638344&sr=8-1&keywords=waking+up+whiteWhat Does it Mean to be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo: http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Mean-White-Counterpoints/dp/1433111152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638392&sr=8-1&keywords=robin+diangeloEveryday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories edited by Eddie Moore and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks:http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-People-Confront-Racial-Injustice/dp/1620362082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638465&sr=8-1&keywords=everyday+white+people+confront+racial+and+social+injusticeThe Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege by Robert Jensen: http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Whiteness-Confronting-Racism-Privilege/dp/0872864499/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638837&sr=8-1&keywords=the+heart+of+whitenessWhite Privilege Paperback by Paula S. Rothenber: http://www.amazon.com/White-Privilege-Paula-S-Rothenberg/dp/1429242205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638904&sr=8-1&keywords=white+privilege+paula+s+rothenbergThe History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter: http://www.amazon.com/History-White-People-Irvin-Painter/dp/0393339742/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434638938&sr=8-1&keywords=the+history+of+white+peopleOrganizations%3ANew York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)'s Antiracist White Educators Group (AWE-G) which "aims to cultivate a supportive yet critical space for white-identifying educators to work towards understanding, confronting and undoing racism and white supremacy in ourselves, our schools, and the larger world." Visit: http://www.nycore.org/participation-2/membership/#sthash.4GULS5g1.dpbsUndoing Racism, "The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond focuses on understanding what racism is, where it comes from, how it functions, why it persists and how it can be undone. Our workshops utilize a systemic approach that emphasizes learning from history, developing leadership, maintaining accountability to communities, creating networks, undoing internalized racial oppression and understanding the role of organizational gate keeping as a mechanism for perpetuating racism."Visit: http://www.pisab.orgBorder/ Crossers: "Border Crossers utilizes creative tools to encourage educators in explorations of race and racism with young students. We believe that if educators are prepared to have meaningful conversations about equity, students will be better equipped to interrupt patterns of structural racism and injustice in their own lives and thrive in a multicultural society."Visit: http://www.bordercrossers.orgCARLE/ Institute, "The CARLE Institute for White Educators in Independent Schools is structured to give white faculty members the necessary historical framework, interpersonal skills, and curriculum development strategies they need to teach a diverse student body."Visit: http://www.carleinstitute.com/#!about/c1n8oReading Lists:'Learning, Understanding and Teaching Race and Racism Reading List'A New York Collective of Radical Educators: Educators of Color Group Teaching Resource: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18yJO_79BJSFjrqYFmjg3lZnw5Owe27551JK7ZOCrHsg/edit#]]> 8de30d991e46a7b0843e8a2c20d76244 2015-06-18T20:01:10+01:00 2015-06-18T20:01:10+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
The Confederate flag is still flying high at the South Carolina capitol building today
www.dailykos.com
Really, South Carolina?While the United States and South Carolina flags are flying at half-staff atop the South Carolina capitol building in Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederate flag in ...]]> 5d54681aaa0f8f95d15d15ab8c86bdb0 2015-06-18T18:35:31+01:00 2015-06-18T18:35:31+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
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Repost from Talib Kweli Greene. #CharlestonShooting — with Calvin X Jefferson and Anthony Robinson.]]> 22334abf2f81df64aca42f01056fba6f 2015-06-18T14:57:20+01:00 2015-06-18T14:57:20+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
6.19.15 State of the Research: School Closings Symposium Agenda
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“State of the Research”: School Closings Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium June 19, 2015 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Forum Room, Stitler Hall, University of Pennsylvania (see directions below) Follow #SchoolCl...]]> 6e43e783b6b35f4fe450e7e31db85f06 2015-06-18T14:51:54+01:00 2015-06-18T14:51:54+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Our hearts go out to the families and community of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. This attack is part of a long history of "hate crimes and terrorist attacks that have targeted [African American] places of worship for generations," as described in this article in the The Atlantic: http://theatln.tc/1SqUIYF The Emanuel AME Chuch has a historic connection to the Denmark Vesey planned uprising of June 16, 1822. Read more here in the PBS series, "This Far By Faith": http://to.pbs.org/LMwZVO]]> 4c03b2ca9f002f99357f3353f39b3984 2015-06-18T14:23:54+01:00 2015-06-18T14:23:54+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
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No more]]> 246d9d5b574b15031e0af110b5c5e8bb 2015-06-18T11:59:57+01:00 2015-06-18T11:59:57+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Dominican Republic about to Strip Thousands of Haitians for Ci...

The Dominican Republic is about to make 250,000 people legally stateless.]]> 681eaf34c2772d804d442dfe75762501 2015-06-18T04:48:56+01:00 2015-06-18T04:48:56+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Shooting at Historic Black Church in Charleston, South Carolina
www.slate.com
Police responded to a shooting at a downtown Charleston, South Carolina church on Wednesday night. The details are still a bit sketchy, but there are reports, as of yet unconfirmed, that multiple people have been shot at the historic black church Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal. The church holds Bible study...]]> c9d697179392bc7b5555f1d5d8e761e6 2015-06-18T04:48:37+01:00 2015-06-18T04:48:37+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
#WeHelpOurselves Lets the World Know Black Women Don't Need Help from Appropriators
theculture.forharriet.com
Black women have always helped ourselves.]]> 1af25ca5b30d94264714bdc0c0a62e43 2015-06-18T02:45:21+01:00 2015-06-18T02:45:21+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Pressure the government of the Dominican Republic to stop its planned "cleaning" of 250,000...
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In just a few days, the Dominican Republic will declare around 250,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent stateless. They will have no citizenship and no rights. Many of these people have no ties to Haiti and Haiti cannot support an additional quarter of million people as refugees. This is obviously an e…]]> 7536d774890aeef88bbcf43a76e7a894 2015-06-17T23:38:50+01:00 2015-06-17T23:38:50+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-1/p50x50/11178300_10152836222983388_8538196420393165252_n.jpg?oh=e13b5df4ef4be8aaec909c26c2f6020c&oe=56207A82&__gda__=1444715655_4708d3689cdf21f51a666f654eaaa9c2

Edwin Mayorga
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The bloody origins of the Dominican Republic’s ethnic ‘cleansing’ of Haitians http://t.co/4239viyOPN]]> 49e6e63dd423fc5d1f0593d17fe9c873 2015-06-17T23:21:20+01:00 2015-06-17T23:21:20+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Edwidge Danticat on Mass Deportation of Haitian Families from the Dominican Republic
www.democracynow.org
Watch: Democracy Now! interview with Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat. ]]> 46f0e937cbbeadb0233bce0394887dc5 2015-06-17T20:37:21+01:00 2015-06-17T20:37:21+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)

Family Claims Ohio Officers Used Excessive Force On Pregnant Black Woman, 12-Year-Old Girl At Pool
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For the second time in June, excessive force has reportedly been used on an unarmed young Black girl at a pool. According to NBC affiliate WLWT, a pregnant woman and several children were taken to ...]]> 79357112b0ceb14d062b8ad1efff1dc0 2015-06-17T14:26:31+01:00 2015-06-17T14:26:31+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) https://t.co/j7QuhLdqex


Barrio Ed Project on Twitter
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“#WeNeedDiverseBooks Online Survey: Looking for NYC Educators @MarilisaJimenez #BarrioEdProj http://t.co/bquPY01dA7 http://t.co/M7G05jC0Mw”]]> 979ea29dbfc551fea7d678a3f6935b7f 2015-06-17T00:47:36+01:00 2015-06-17T00:47:36+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Teacher, vice principal resign over gay fable
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The teacher and assistant principal at the center of a controversy around a gay fairy tale read to third graders have resigned. Teacher Omar Currie had said he would resign because he felt administrators did not support him after he read “King & King,” in which two princes fall in love and get marri…]]> 0d08bbb109cd83d5fd21bf02ff62bbc7 2015-06-15T20:44:30+01:00 2015-06-15T20:44:30+01:00 New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
My Generation Does Give a Damn about Climate Change, Says 14-year-old activist
www.filmsforaction.org
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez has been campaigning since he was six. He explains why young people are not afraid to take on the fossil fuel industry]]>