Today I had the opportunity to read an article titled, "Mis-Education and White Motherhood". This article was very informative and fascinating. As I read the article, my eyes were wide open like a deer in headlights. After having read the article, I began to understand the structure of the public school systems today and why the public school systems function in the capacity it does today. In my opinion, this is the very reason that 87 percent of the 12.4 million African Americans, are deem as illiterate.
We as people must really take a self-inventory on ourselves, concerning the education of our children. Parents should ask themselves, do I really like the structure of education my child or children are receiving? Is the content in the public school structure challenging to my child? We have to want better for our children.
African Americans have come a long way since Thurgood Marshall's, Brown vs. Board of Education era and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's, Voting Rights Act. We are still not there yet, as African Americans and other minorities, when it comes to obtaining full equality. African Americans still face complex challenges today. Not only economically, socially but educational challenges as well. As the article, (Mis-Education and White Motherhood), talk about the power structure of the public school systems across America, the complex challenges in that, there is 3.5 million white teachers, 250,000 black teachers and 75,000 Latino teachers. Out of these educators, roughly about 3 million teachers are women. That’s the reason why the title includes, “White Motherhood”. The article mention how mostly white women teachers spend more time with our African American children than us parents and guardians. The article also make mention on how white women teachers are apathetic to our African American culture, so therefore, they will never teach our African American children about our culture in which some of the white women teacher’s ancestors once despised our ancestors.
Another challenge, public schools across America do not teach African American culture, Latino culture, Mexican culture, Asian culture or any other culture other than white European culture. Dr. Carter G. Woodson said, "The public school educational process crushes the spark of genius in the Negro by making him or her feel that his or race does not amount to much and never will measure up to the standards of other peoples".
How can these public schools say that they are an equal opportunity employer, when you have more whites employed than African American and other minorities? As here in Penns Grove, NJ, you have five schools, 2400 students that are predominantly African and Latino American. You have 400 people that make up teachers and administrators, fifthteen people which are of African and Latino American teachers and or administrators. That leaves you with 385 white people that make the teachers and or administrators. What is the equal opportunity in that aspect? How come you don’t see the opposite in predominantly white neighborhood public schools?
So what African American parents must do, educate ourselves on our rights and responsibilities. We have to look for resources to better our children literacy and knowledge of our African culture. Yes we face so many challenges but to understand who we are and where we going, we must know where we come from. We are able to do this; I believe we are able to suppress the challenges of public school education. Parent's it's time to turn off the soap operas and game shows and pick up a book, pen and paper. We have to read to our children. We must not only make our children read but also, write about what they read, so that we may enhance their minds. In my opinion, this type of practice would help the children to understand or articulate what they have read. The yellow brick road to a better education starts at http://www.testourkids.com/. The best part about it, you don't have to click your heels three times but only click once with the mouse on the link.
As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.
Carter G. Woodson
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
"ILLITERACY" IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY
There is a new and vicious disease that's spreading in the urban community. No it's not any STD’s; it's called "ILLITERACY". Illiteracy is a very systemic problem that has an effect on 87 percent of African-American children across the United States according to http://www.testourkids.com/. If we as parent(s), teacher(s), politician(s), student(s) and school administrator(s) don’t engage this problem of illiteracy, this will affect various other matters and hinder the cultivation of urban communities across America.
When we talk about education and literacy, some can argue the fact that education is the same as literacy or education is a different entity than literacy. In my opinion I will lean to the side that education is different from literacy. Reason being, that when we concern ourselves or embrace the value of literacy, we are embracing a tool that will allow the ability to read and write. Along with being able to understand what you read and write. According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society." So when we talk about the aspect of education, how can adults and children began to acquire a "quality education" without the abilities stated by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?
From Wikipedia, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another. Accumulated meaning that you have already acquired the knowledge, skills and value of an education but without literacy how can a person mind obtain these attributes, which is essential to maintain a certain satisfactory lifestyle?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African-American has a total resident population of 41.8 million. 30 percent proportion of the black population younger than 18 and 8 percent of the black population was 65 and older. You can estimate that 72 percent of the African-American populations are between about ages 30 to 55. The 30 percent proportion of the black population is younger than 18 that leave you with about 12,540,000 children or students. According to http://www.testourkids.com/ and Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, 87 percent of our children are illiterate. So out of 12,540,000 children or students 10,909,800 approximately suffer from this crucial disease.
As a "Community Activist", my job is to make public civil right issues or injustices, so that there may be a climate for change. In the small urban community that I reside in, Penns Grove, NJ, known as South Jersey, I know that my own community contribute to the national figure of 87 percent of our African-American children who are illiterate. There are 2400 students that make up five schools.
2009-2010 NJASK results show that 72 percent of the district's third graders and 70 percent of the district's fourth graders failed to reach key reading benchmarks on the language arts portion of the NJASK. This systemic disease of illiteracy deprives our children at an early age. The fact that many of the district's third and fourth graders SUB-GROUPS including MALE (75%/77%), AFRICAN-AMERICAN (79%-82%), HISPANIC (80%/78%), & ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE (77%-81%) PERFORMED EVEN LOWER IN LANGUAGE ARTS portion of the test. This problem has yet to be engage, so I concur as the "No Child Left Behind Act" is still prevalent among the educational system in "Urban America", as in my own school district, you can say that as these children, who live in this community, go to higher grade levels, the issue of illiteracy has not got better but you could say worsen. Given the statistics in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District, out of 2400 students 2088 could be classified as illiterate leaving 312 students who are literate.
You can correlate illiteracy to a wide range of urban issues such as, crime, drugs, teenage pregnancy, high school dropout, no jobs, poor education, etc..,. People argue these points of issues in urban community in America every day. A common question is ask, how can all these issues relate to people of illiteracy? I myself can argue that. Simple, Malcolm X said, “When you live in a poor neighborhood; your living in an area where you have to have poor schools; when you have poor schools, you have poor teachers; when you have poor teachers, you get a poor education; when you get a poor education, you are destined to be a poor man and poor woman for rest of your life". Yes, this is a very vicious cycle.
When we relate illiteracy to these various problems, you also argue that illiteracy suppress a child thought process to where it creates frustration in a child mind causing that child to misbehave or act out. Illiteracy in no way can create high-self esteem in a child in a classroom. I, myself even argued this point of low-self esteem causing a child to want to give up, quit or drop out. If this happen in which it already has, children are turning to the streets and getting involved in the wrong things, as well as, getting another love that they may think is love from the wrong type of people.
So we must put a book in our children hand today and sit down, read to them let them know that we love and support everything they're trying to do concerning literacy, education and recreational activities. We must suppress this 87 percent of illiterate African-American. This start with me, start with you, it starts with us. Go to http://www.testourkids.com/ to find out how your child reading ability is. It takes a community to raise a child still!
When we talk about education and literacy, some can argue the fact that education is the same as literacy or education is a different entity than literacy. In my opinion I will lean to the side that education is different from literacy. Reason being, that when we concern ourselves or embrace the value of literacy, we are embracing a tool that will allow the ability to read and write. Along with being able to understand what you read and write. According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society." So when we talk about the aspect of education, how can adults and children began to acquire a "quality education" without the abilities stated by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?
From Wikipedia, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another. Accumulated meaning that you have already acquired the knowledge, skills and value of an education but without literacy how can a person mind obtain these attributes, which is essential to maintain a certain satisfactory lifestyle?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African-American has a total resident population of 41.8 million. 30 percent proportion of the black population younger than 18 and 8 percent of the black population was 65 and older. You can estimate that 72 percent of the African-American populations are between about ages 30 to 55. The 30 percent proportion of the black population is younger than 18 that leave you with about 12,540,000 children or students. According to http://www.testourkids.com/ and Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, 87 percent of our children are illiterate. So out of 12,540,000 children or students 10,909,800 approximately suffer from this crucial disease.
As a "Community Activist", my job is to make public civil right issues or injustices, so that there may be a climate for change. In the small urban community that I reside in, Penns Grove, NJ, known as South Jersey, I know that my own community contribute to the national figure of 87 percent of our African-American children who are illiterate. There are 2400 students that make up five schools.
2009-2010 NJASK results show that 72 percent of the district's third graders and 70 percent of the district's fourth graders failed to reach key reading benchmarks on the language arts portion of the NJASK. This systemic disease of illiteracy deprives our children at an early age. The fact that many of the district's third and fourth graders SUB-GROUPS including MALE (75%/77%), AFRICAN-AMERICAN (79%-82%), HISPANIC (80%/78%), & ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE (77%-81%) PERFORMED EVEN LOWER IN LANGUAGE ARTS portion of the test. This problem has yet to be engage, so I concur as the "No Child Left Behind Act" is still prevalent among the educational system in "Urban America", as in my own school district, you can say that as these children, who live in this community, go to higher grade levels, the issue of illiteracy has not got better but you could say worsen. Given the statistics in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District, out of 2400 students 2088 could be classified as illiterate leaving 312 students who are literate.
You can correlate illiteracy to a wide range of urban issues such as, crime, drugs, teenage pregnancy, high school dropout, no jobs, poor education, etc..,. People argue these points of issues in urban community in America every day. A common question is ask, how can all these issues relate to people of illiteracy? I myself can argue that. Simple, Malcolm X said, “When you live in a poor neighborhood; your living in an area where you have to have poor schools; when you have poor schools, you have poor teachers; when you have poor teachers, you get a poor education; when you get a poor education, you are destined to be a poor man and poor woman for rest of your life". Yes, this is a very vicious cycle.
When we relate illiteracy to these various problems, you also argue that illiteracy suppress a child thought process to where it creates frustration in a child mind causing that child to misbehave or act out. Illiteracy in no way can create high-self esteem in a child in a classroom. I, myself even argued this point of low-self esteem causing a child to want to give up, quit or drop out. If this happen in which it already has, children are turning to the streets and getting involved in the wrong things, as well as, getting another love that they may think is love from the wrong type of people.
So we must put a book in our children hand today and sit down, read to them let them know that we love and support everything they're trying to do concerning literacy, education and recreational activities. We must suppress this 87 percent of illiterate African-American. This start with me, start with you, it starts with us. Go to http://www.testourkids.com/ to find out how your child reading ability is. It takes a community to raise a child still!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
OPERATION "SAVE OUR CHILDREN FROM ILLITERACY"
Yesterday my lovely daughter took the evaluation test on www.testourkids.com. Even though she did fairly well and she wouldn’t be considered among the 87% of the African-American kids who are illiterate, I was satisfied but I wasn’t pleased! I know that there is plenty work to be done to save our "URBAN COMMUNITY" from illiteracy. There are millions of children out there who are suffering and you have some "BOE'S", "PARENT'S", "SUPERINTENDENT'S" even "COMMUNITIES", who are what James Brown would say, "JUST LIKE A DULL KNIFE, JUST AINT CUTTING, YOU TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING!"
So what we must do as a people is not get caught up into the "PARALYSES OF ANALYSES". I'm quite sure we can give our best "CRITQUE" and "SOUNDBITE" but at the end of the day if there is "NO ACTION" plan "DEVISED", what child are we saving? The structure of our educational system in regards to "SUPERINTENDENT'S" and the "BOARD OF EDUCATION” was derived to work for the families and the students of the community. By ensuring that students receive the best "QUALITY EDUCATION" by instituting a "RIGOROUS COURSE CIRRICULUM", to challenge these students mind so that they can train them for the complex challenges and success of the world.
Now that there is "FAILURE" and "NO ACCOUNTABILITY" in those spectrums now has come to where we as "CONCERNED CITIZENS AND PARENTS" must get involved and come up with our own "ACTION PLAN" or "PROPOSAL". Once we come up with those plans, then it’s time to put the plan in motion. WE CAN’T KEEP DOING THE SAME THINGS AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. We have to also pack these "SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS" and make our "DEMAND" for those who we "VOTE IN OFFICE" to "IMPLEMENT" "OUR PLAN" it’s obvious theirs is not working and turning out to be a "FAULTY CIRRICULUM".
We first must do our homework by researching the problem in which we know is "ILLITERACY". That’s why we should get our kids literacy level gaged at www.testourkids.com. Within doing that we can combine results from the evaluation, formulate the results into a data or statistical chart, and then present it to the "BOARD OF EDUCATION". THEN SAY THIS IS THE PROBLEM, THIS WHAT HASNT WORKED, THIS IS WHAT WORK and THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
If not then the people that we voted for going to continue to give their best "SOUND BITE" as if they are really striving for "QUALITY EDUCATION" and "OUR CHILDREN" that we say we "LOVE" so dearly will continue to "PERPETUATE" the "ATROCITY" cycle of "ILLITERACY". I think we all know the avenues of where "ILLITERACY" can take "OUR CHILDREN" like "POVERTY", "PRISON" even "DEATH" vs "LITERACY", which can take us to such "PINNACLES" in life like, "ENRICHNESS", "TEACHERS", "LAWYERS", "JUDGES", because of "PRESEIDENT BARACK OBAMA", we now add in "PRESIDENT" for "OUR CHILDREN".
With that being said, what I have done or begun to do today already, is reaching out to people who I know have children to get them involved. Also I’m reaching out to libraries to see if I can buy time for the computers in case any family want their child to get their reading evaluated but don’t have access to a computer in their home.
SO I CHARGE AND CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO MAY READ THIS BLOG TO "GET ON UP, GET TO IT AND GET INVOLVED" IN OPERATION "SAFE OUR CHILDREN FROM ILLITERACY".
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
— Maya Angelou
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. ” ~~ Maya Angelou “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” ~~ Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
So what we must do as a people is not get caught up into the "PARALYSES OF ANALYSES". I'm quite sure we can give our best "CRITQUE" and "SOUNDBITE" but at the end of the day if there is "NO ACTION" plan "DEVISED", what child are we saving? The structure of our educational system in regards to "SUPERINTENDENT'S" and the "BOARD OF EDUCATION” was derived to work for the families and the students of the community. By ensuring that students receive the best "QUALITY EDUCATION" by instituting a "RIGOROUS COURSE CIRRICULUM", to challenge these students mind so that they can train them for the complex challenges and success of the world.
Now that there is "FAILURE" and "NO ACCOUNTABILITY" in those spectrums now has come to where we as "CONCERNED CITIZENS AND PARENTS" must get involved and come up with our own "ACTION PLAN" or "PROPOSAL". Once we come up with those plans, then it’s time to put the plan in motion. WE CAN’T KEEP DOING THE SAME THINGS AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. We have to also pack these "SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS" and make our "DEMAND" for those who we "VOTE IN OFFICE" to "IMPLEMENT" "OUR PLAN" it’s obvious theirs is not working and turning out to be a "FAULTY CIRRICULUM".
We first must do our homework by researching the problem in which we know is "ILLITERACY". That’s why we should get our kids literacy level gaged at www.testourkids.com. Within doing that we can combine results from the evaluation, formulate the results into a data or statistical chart, and then present it to the "BOARD OF EDUCATION". THEN SAY THIS IS THE PROBLEM, THIS WHAT HASNT WORKED, THIS IS WHAT WORK and THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
If not then the people that we voted for going to continue to give their best "SOUND BITE" as if they are really striving for "QUALITY EDUCATION" and "OUR CHILDREN" that we say we "LOVE" so dearly will continue to "PERPETUATE" the "ATROCITY" cycle of "ILLITERACY". I think we all know the avenues of where "ILLITERACY" can take "OUR CHILDREN" like "POVERTY", "PRISON" even "DEATH" vs "LITERACY", which can take us to such "PINNACLES" in life like, "ENRICHNESS", "TEACHERS", "LAWYERS", "JUDGES", because of "PRESEIDENT BARACK OBAMA", we now add in "PRESIDENT" for "OUR CHILDREN".
With that being said, what I have done or begun to do today already, is reaching out to people who I know have children to get them involved. Also I’m reaching out to libraries to see if I can buy time for the computers in case any family want their child to get their reading evaluated but don’t have access to a computer in their home.
SO I CHARGE AND CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO MAY READ THIS BLOG TO "GET ON UP, GET TO IT AND GET INVOLVED" IN OPERATION "SAFE OUR CHILDREN FROM ILLITERACY".
— Maya Angelou
Sunday, July 10, 2011
"WE MUST SEEK AND DESTROY ILLITERACY"
I talked to man today by the name of Yusef Salaam. I knew that there is a problem in our educational system in my own community and nationally. After this intriguing talk about "EDUCATION", it changes my thought process! It made me realize that the disease called "ILLITERACY", has been a systemic problem for a long time. We have been ignoring that fact that our so-called leaders in the community have been failing "US", being the "URBAN COMMUNITY". One of the many reasons why we as people or parent(s), been ignoring the default in the mis-education of our children is because of our own ignorance and "COMPLACENT MENTALITY". We have been CONDITIONED to except issues for what they are and that hinder our kids tremendously as well do them a disservice. We think that if our kids graduate high school they made it! HELL NO! FACT OF THE MATTER OUR KIDS CANT READ! WE HAVE ADULTS WHO ARE FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE!
Malcolm X said, "When you live in a poor area, you live in an area where you live in a neighborhood where you have to have poor schools, you have poor teachers, when you have poor teachers, you get a poor education, when you get a poor education, you are DESTINED to be a poor man and poor woman for the rest of your life. Poor "EDUCATION", you can only get a poor paying job, in which would allow you to live in a poor neighborhood!" YOU CAN CALL IT EMOTIONALISM BUT IT’S THE TRUTH! If you don’t believe me just do your homework and be observant.
In the state of NEW JERSEY, which I live, according to the Schott State Report on black males enrolled in education, 121,934 black males enrolled in education in 2007/8, of those numbers 69% of black males graduated. While the white males graduated at 90%, a significant higher rate than black males. Those numbers has steadily been on the incline since then. 2011 87% OF THE BLACK CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ILLITERATE. 85% OF THE SPANISH CHILDREN ARE ILLITERATE. 62% OF WHITE CHILDREN ARE ILLITERATE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
By the time our kids are in the 4th grade level, the GOVERNMENT know how many prisons to build because this white AMERICAN GOVERNMENT already have us PREDESTINED to where we are going to be by the graduation date, provided our children don’t quit school. Teachers and Administrators have not been dealing with these issues! How can teachers call it a school in the “URBAN COMMUNITY”, but yet they send their kids to private schools. Tax payers are funding these TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE TAKING MONEY OUT THE URBAN COMMUNITY BACK IN TO THEIR SUBBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, THEY ARE USING ARE KIDS AS A PROFIT!
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SCHOOLS ARE MORE SEGRAGATED NOW IN 2011 THAN IN 1950'S BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION! EVERY CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES HAS THE RIGHT TO FAIR, EQUAL OF QUALITY EDUCATION. IT’S A CRIME IN ALL 50 STATES TO WITHHOLD A CHILD FROM RECIEVING EDUCATION, IS CALLED EDUCATIONAL NEGLECT. IT’S CONSIDERED A CRIMINAL ACT. SO AT WHAT POINT ARE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS TEACHERS ARE PUT IN JAIL OR CHARGE FOR DEPRIVING OUR CHILDREN THE RIGHT TO QUALITY EDUCATION. THE LEGISLATION CREATES THESE LAWS AND VIOLATE THEIR OWN LAWS BECAUSE WE ALSO DEAL WITH NEPOTISM. THESE WHITE POLITICIANS FEAR IF CHARGED THEIR OWN MAY BE IMPRISONED OR JAILED. TO OFFSET THAT THEY PLAY THE BLAME GAME TO KEEP ATTENTION AND HEAT OFF THEIR OWN PEOPLE THEY SAY BECAUSE OF ARE ETHINICITY OR OUR ENVIRONMENT IS THE REASON WHY SOME STUDENTS FAIL.
THIS IS WHY WE MUST SEEK AND DESTROY ILLITERACY! OUT OF THE 2MILLION BLACK MALE IN PRISON 90-98% IS ILLITERATE. WHATS THE SOLUTION, SIMPLE, www.testourkids.com. It starts there! For my CHRISTIAN BIBLE BELIEVERS, ROMAN 12:2 SAYS, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE IT STARTS WITH YOUR MIND.
YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF HOW WELL OR HOW MUCH DO I LOVE MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF! WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUR SELF WORTH THEN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION, WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION AGAINST THIS DISEASE CALLED ILLITERACY, YOU CAN CHANGE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. YUSEF SALAAM SAID TO ME, "BROTHER IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A STRONG ARMY, YOU HAVE TO BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP." THE GROUND UP IS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. IF WE REVERSE THE PERPETUATION OF THIS VICIOUS CYCLE, WE CAN RECREATE A BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER, SMARTER AND HEALTHIER AFRICAN NATION.
WE ARE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, JUDGES, POLICE, NURSE, POLITICIANS, PRESIDENT OF USA, CEO OF OUR OWN COMPANY. WHEN THE RACIST WHITE MEN DIDNT WANT US IN THEIR SCHOOLS, WE BUILT OUR OWN BLACK SCHOOLS, WHEN THEY DIDNT WANT TO GIVE US A JOB; WE CREATED OUR OWN COMPANIES AND BECAME CEO'S. IN ORDER TO DO SO WE MUST LEARN TO REACH AND TEACH OTHER AROUND US TO READ.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS WILL YOU SINK OR SWIM TO BAY!
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything."
— Malcolm X
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
— Malcolm X
Thursday, July 7, 2011
IS IT ABOUT MONEY$$$ OR EDUCATION
On June 29 2011, my daughter and I had the pleasure of attending the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School Board Meeting. The main agenda for that meeting, which it seems like its always on the agenda other than "QUALITY EDUCATION", was to address and finalize the particulars of Dr. Massare contract. Dr. Massare is the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School Superintendent. As the Salem County "Sunbeam" local newspaper published that, "Massare’s salary will hold steady at $157,500 a year, over the next three years as his new contract restricted any raises. This spring, Massare’s salary was cut from $167,500 to $157,500 due to new state regulations.
I believe that not only should the teachers face the elimination of tenure as signed into affect by Governor Christie in the state of New Jersey, also superintendents. Most parents as myself in the community posed a statement to what seem is the majority of the consensus is "Dr. Massare IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT." Stem from several issues such as "QUALITY EDUCATION", "DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS" as well as the hiring of "TEACHERS" in which is left up to the principal of each school in the district. There are 5 schools in the district.
My question is the fact that 2009-2010 NJASK results show that 72% of the district's third graders and 70% of the district's fourth graders failed to reach key reading benchmarks on the language arts portion of the NJASK. In 2011 what has been the focal point of the school board agenda is Dr. Massare contract negotiations along with everything else that have nothing to do with an "UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL" where there is no teacher nor administrations accountability.
The "Sunbeam Newspaper" published,"Massare has deep roots in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District. This upcoming school year will be his 14th year in the district and 9th as superintendent." Thats all fine and well but when is Dr.Massare and the Board of Education going to take leadership and accountability into addressing the issues of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District as well as devising a plan for "Quality Education Re-form"?. He is also the second longest serving superintendent in the county, behind Quinton Superintendent Dr. Donna Agnew. However, he is the longest serving superintendent in a K-12 district in Salem County.
The fact that many of the district's third and fourth graders SUB-GROUPS including MALE (75%/77%), AFRICAN-AMERICAN (79%-82%), HISPANIC (80%/78%), & ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE (77%-81%) PERFORMED EVEN LOWER IN LANGUAGE ARTS.
THIS IS WHAT DR. MASSARE SAID, “I am very grateful to the new board Solicitor Mark Toscano and the negotiations committee for their strenuous work during these past few weeks,” said Massare. “I believe in the district, I believe in the community, and I believe in the students’ ability to succeed.” HOW CAN HE SAY THAT WHEN HE HAS YET TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AS STATED IN THIS PREVIOUS TEXT? HOW CAN HE SAY THAT WHEN HE HAS YET TO DEVISE A PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS.
All Dr. Massare seem to be worried about is getting all his financial benefits that due to him, yet he has no concern, no compassion, for QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS yet he would lead you to believe that he is that way by saying superficial comments like, I believe in the district, I believe in the community, and I believe in the students’ ability to succeed.” - DR. Massare.
It would sound nice if in fact Dr. Massare had orchestrated a plan for "SCHOOL REFORM", each time we let time go by without addressing the problem it ends being a "SCHOOL DE-FORM", STATISTIC SHOW 30,000 KIDS DROP OUT EACH WEEK ACROSS AMERICA, CRIME RATE STEADILY RISING, MORE JAILS OR PRISONS BEING BUILT, 2MILLION BLACK MEN ARE IN JAIL. DO YOU SEE HOW THE CYCLE PERPETUATE ITSELF!
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS READING MASTERY IS THAT CRUCIAL POINT IN TIME WHEN INSTRUCTION MOVES FROM A FOCUS ON LEARNING TO READ TO READING TO LEARN!!
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
I believe that not only should the teachers face the elimination of tenure as signed into affect by Governor Christie in the state of New Jersey, also superintendents. Most parents as myself in the community posed a statement to what seem is the majority of the consensus is "Dr. Massare IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT." Stem from several issues such as "QUALITY EDUCATION", "DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS" as well as the hiring of "TEACHERS" in which is left up to the principal of each school in the district. There are 5 schools in the district.
My question is the fact that 2009-2010 NJASK results show that 72% of the district's third graders and 70% of the district's fourth graders failed to reach key reading benchmarks on the language arts portion of the NJASK. In 2011 what has been the focal point of the school board agenda is Dr. Massare contract negotiations along with everything else that have nothing to do with an "UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL" where there is no teacher nor administrations accountability.
The "Sunbeam Newspaper" published,"Massare has deep roots in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District. This upcoming school year will be his 14th year in the district and 9th as superintendent." Thats all fine and well but when is Dr.Massare and the Board of Education going to take leadership and accountability into addressing the issues of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District as well as devising a plan for "Quality Education Re-form"?. He is also the second longest serving superintendent in the county, behind Quinton Superintendent Dr. Donna Agnew. However, he is the longest serving superintendent in a K-12 district in Salem County.
The fact that many of the district's third and fourth graders SUB-GROUPS including MALE (75%/77%), AFRICAN-AMERICAN (79%-82%), HISPANIC (80%/78%), & ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE (77%-81%) PERFORMED EVEN LOWER IN LANGUAGE ARTS.
THIS IS WHAT DR. MASSARE SAID, “I am very grateful to the new board Solicitor Mark Toscano and the negotiations committee for their strenuous work during these past few weeks,” said Massare. “I believe in the district, I believe in the community, and I believe in the students’ ability to succeed.” HOW CAN HE SAY THAT WHEN HE HAS YET TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AS STATED IN THIS PREVIOUS TEXT? HOW CAN HE SAY THAT WHEN HE HAS YET TO DEVISE A PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS.
All Dr. Massare seem to be worried about is getting all his financial benefits that due to him, yet he has no concern, no compassion, for QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS yet he would lead you to believe that he is that way by saying superficial comments like, I believe in the district, I believe in the community, and I believe in the students’ ability to succeed.” - DR. Massare.
It would sound nice if in fact Dr. Massare had orchestrated a plan for "SCHOOL REFORM", each time we let time go by without addressing the problem it ends being a "SCHOOL DE-FORM", STATISTIC SHOW 30,000 KIDS DROP OUT EACH WEEK ACROSS AMERICA, CRIME RATE STEADILY RISING, MORE JAILS OR PRISONS BEING BUILT, 2MILLION BLACK MEN ARE IN JAIL. DO YOU SEE HOW THE CYCLE PERPETUATE ITSELF!
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS READING MASTERY IS THAT CRUCIAL POINT IN TIME WHEN INSTRUCTION MOVES FROM A FOCUS ON LEARNING TO READ TO READING TO LEARN!!
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
ACTIVISM: IS ABOUT MONEY$$$ OR EDUCATION
ACTIVISM: IS ABOUT MONEY$$$ OR EDUCATION: "On July 29 2011, my daughter and I had the pleasure of attending the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School Board Meeting. The main agenda for tha..."
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