Trinity Banter | Alexander Conaway | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/aconaway/activity/ Activity feed for Alexander Conaway. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 607e45934c54fd002ac7ce42e89aaa1a Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Integration Meets Innovation Conference , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/11/11/integration-meets-innovation-conference/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:18:54 -0500 On Friday November 8th, the Hartford Public Library hosted the “Where Integration Meets Innovation” conference organized by One Nation Indivisible and the Sheff Movement Coalition. During the conference, a panel […]

]]> 4e543c39c49df6cc6d50aeef4762ab00 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, How to Lie with Maps, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/27/how-to-lie-with-maps-8/ Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:43:40 -0400 2009-10 Hartford Area School District Racial Diversity

2009-10 Hartford Area School District Racial Division

Both maps illustrate the percentage of minority students in the Hartford area school […]

]]> 037a7110828b8c9b4e1e127e704dee78 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, sample map , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/23/sample-map-2/ Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:06:35 -0400 b7fb09b91dd11b767355072ab0ce1f7a Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, School District 'Cracks Down' on Student Residency , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/14/bloomfield-school-residency-criminal-case-1985/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:45:03 -0400 Saundra Foster, mother of Trevor Foster, sent her son to Bloomfield High School because he was not getting the education he needed while he was enrolled in the Hartford school system. “[Trevor] got into so much […]

]]> da3e1a2574fc35357b433eaee6895ce3 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagiarism , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/27/avoiding-plagiarism-5/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:33:52 -0400 Step 0: Original text: Elementary, middle, and high schools with large proportions of racial minority and poor children are far more likely to employ underqualified, uncertified teachers, and new teachers at such […]

]]> fd9e9d68276daef2edac026206118261 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Sheff vs. O'Neill Stipulation and Proposed Order (Phase II, 2008), on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/22/sheff-vs-oneill-stipulation-and-proposed-order-phase-ii-2008/ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:48:20 -0400 On April 4, 2008 the Sheff v. O’Neill Stipulation and Proposed Order was discussed in order to meet the goals that would decrease racial, ethnic, and economic isolation in Hartford public schools. Originally these […]

]]> 17272163d0a3ffc1ef9a3d48c46d3129 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Home Buying Simulation, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/05/home-buying-simulation-3/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:12:04 -0400 ThumbnailAfter completing the home buying simulation, I have come to realize that buying or renting a home is a difficult and frustrating process. In the Greater Hartford area, towns such as East Hartford, Manchester, and […]

]]> b7e44a0f16e74b8dbfdd310298d2ece0 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, sample post, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/04/sample-post-963/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:51:50 -0400 Here’s a sample post

 

 

]]> 359916b6438effbcea788a66618c86ac Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Saving a City: New Haven's Minority Teachers and Community Organizations , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/05/saving-a-city-new-havens-minority-teachers-and-community-organizations/ Fri, 03 May 2013 16:50:24 -0400 ThumbnailFor long, New Haven has been known as the “murder capital” of Connecticut and at one point was considered one of the most dangerous cities to live in throughout the entire country. Growing up in the inner city, some may feel perfectly fine. However, there are some that have the fear of being shot at in […]

]]> 6fd349a2d2a0a87a83f56514b5da2031 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, How have African American Educators Saved My City?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/04/how-have-african-american-educators-saved-my-city/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:05:59 -0400 Research Question : How have African American Educators Saved My City? Relevance:  Over the past decade the New Haven Public Schools have been hiring more African American workers to be placed in the schools. Whether it consists of giving administrative positions to African Americans or hiring black athletic coaches, there is a noticeable difference in the increase in high school […]

]]> 6ee4f7f2e315d26be313db654fb15f2f Alexander Conaway commented on the post, American Teacher: Pay Teachers More, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/american-teacher-pay-teachers-more/#comment-4046 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:57:48 -0500 Booker, I enjoyed reading your analysis – I also agree that teacher definitely deserve a higher salary. In middle school a few of my teachers had a similar issue where the school didn’t want to buy chalk and the teachers had to come out of their own pockets. Teachers work very hard and barely ever […]

]]> 2b7ac97c99c5fea2e82d1a465ce31c54 Alexander Conaway commented on the post, Video Analysis: Waiting for "Superman", on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/waiting-for-superman/#comment-4043 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:40:47 -0500 Veronica I enjoyed reading your analysis simply because recently I did my source detective post on Waiting for Superman and we both agreed that the filmmaker fails to mention that there may be reasons outside of school such as poverty that can cause a child to perform low in the classroom. I watched The Cartel […]

]]> dcd2db6cdfc39fa66b1a1d1c1440f385 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Video Analysis: The Cartel , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/3716/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:23:24 -0500 ThumbnailThe documentary, The Cartel , by director Bob Bowdon covers the quality of American education, primary focusing on the public schooling in New Jersey. One of the main arguments that Bowdon brings up is how can New Jersey have the highest spending level per-student in the country, yet its students fail to perform well in school. On average 37% […]

]]> 0582327d835151dbbbed2e3f3f91ca6c Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, How do you find reviews and essays about video documentaries?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/how-do-you-find-reviews-and-essays-about-video-documentaries/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:13:43 -0500 ThumbnailPrompt: How do you find reviews and essays about video documentaries?  Describe your search strategy and cite the 5 most thoughtful reviews or background essays on a designated video documentary. Your search results may include scholarly and/or popular press, but do your best not to include those featured on the film’s companion site. (Hint: the goal of this question […]

]]> 2c61326f08e49c3d227eca6060d305e1 Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, Plagiarism is NO GOOD! , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/plagiarism-is-no-good/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:40:14 -0500 Example 1: Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. Sean Corcoran, an economist at New York University, studied the teacher evaluation systems in New York City and Houston. He found that the average “margin of error” of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points. Example 2: Plagiarize the original text by paraphrasing its structure too […]

]]> bb9969d76c5a429ed4ab1bff5dd4ceeb Alexander Conaway wrote a new post, What I'd Like to Learn , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/01/what-id-like-to-learn-2/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:38:07 -0500 Thoughout the course of the semester I would like to learn how to write as well as analyze web journals. In my previous class students never had the opportunity to do such a thing, so having this opportunity is helpful for me simply because it is a new skill as well as a challenging task […]

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