Ladson-Billings on labeling children "at-risk"
We cannot saddle these babies at kindergarten with this label and expect them to proudly wear it for the next 13 years, and think, "Well, gee, I don't know why they aren't doing good." So if anybody gets it, I know that writing project people know language matters. What you call something matters.
Ladson-Billings on unethical education practices
I do spend a fair amount of my time in schools. I get to hear many things about what's quote "wrong with our students." And one of the things I hear is that children lack exposure or experiences. I hear this really at the early level a lot. So as a consequence, many of their classroom days are filled with day after day after day of experiences, but little, if any, teaching. Now I do believe that schools can and should offer students some interesting and new experiences, but those experiences have to be tied to student learning. . . . To take kids to the zoo or to the amusement park without some learning link to it, particularly when none of these high-stakes tests are going to ask them or hold them accountable for whether or not they've been to Six Flags, it's not only unfair, it's unethical.
“We must use what has been called “
smart power”: the full range of tools at our disposal -- diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural -- picking the right tool, or combination of tools, for each situation. With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of foreign policy. This is not a radical idea. The ancient Roman poet Terence, who was born a slave and rose to become one of the great voices of his time, declared that “in every endeavor, the seemly course for wise men is to try persuasion first.” The same truth binds wise women as well'
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I think Mr. Raymond Hernandez said I am here not to save the world but to make a difference. I also liked when he said "Don't forget who you are working for'. He reminds us to support each other when he said he is there to support his staff. That he feels that is where he is making a difference,
Renatte M. Cooper reminds us that all of us must met our challenges.
I really like Renatta Cooper too!!! I wanted to quote almost everything she said.
ReplyDeleteLadson-Billings quote on labeling children "at risk" is thought provoking. A part of my responsibilities as a kindergarten teacher is identifying children that are "at risk" and providing services to remove that label. Unfortunately in today's education system children have to be labeled to receive the necessary services.
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