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Booker Evans wrote a new post, Dual Language Learning Programs, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:59:35 -0400

According to Thomas and Collier’s interpretation of Berliner & Biddle’s 1995 article on English language education, “In 1988, 70 percent of U.S. school-age children were of Euro- American, non-Hispanic background. But by the year 2020, U.S. demographic projections predict that at least 50 percent of school-age children will be of non-Euro-American background.” (Thomas, Collier 13). These […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, How do you locate Connecticut State Department of Education statistics about teachers?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:01:39 -0400

How do you locate Connecticut State Department of Education statistics about teachers, such as the percentage of racial minorities and average years of experience by district? Describe your search strategy and results for Hartford versus any suburb. Statistics about teachers are very important because they give researchers and reformers certain clues about the classroom dynamic. I […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Research Proposal, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:27:31 -0400

How have different educators and policy makers adapted their strategies in order to best cater to non English speaking Latinos and illegal immigrants? In 2011 the number of illegal immigrants was close to 12 million people. Most illegal immigrants come from Latin America with hopes of providing a better life for their kids and for their […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, American Teacher: Pay Teachers More, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:45:40 -0500

American Teacher is a documentary that chronicles the trials and tribulations of different teachers in different schools in America. The documentary covers topics such as race and teaching, gender and teaching, teaching wages and teacher turnover. I think that the filmmakers wished to show that teaching in American elementary and middle schools is much harder than […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagarism, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:18:04 -0500

Example 1: Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. “The value-added scores also fluctuate between years. A teacher who gets a particular ranking in year one is likely to get a different ranking the next year.” (Ravitch 271) Example 2: Plagiarize the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word. The value-added […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, What I'd Like To Learn, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:37:50 -0500

I want to learn about how to write better research papers aswell as the different functions of educational reform in the real world.

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Differing Approaches: Native American Education at Carlisle and Hampton, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:59:35 -0400

The reformation of education for Native Americans was based on ideals of individualism, industry, and the acceptance of Christian doctrine and morality (Wallace Adams 15). The set of European values that were prevalent in American culture saw to it that the Native Americans could never live in harmony due to Euro-centric hegemonic views. In the […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Native American Experience, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:20:40 -0400

How did Native Americans experience the “Americanization” process at Hampton Institute and Carlisle Indian Industrial School from the 1870s to 1910? The reformation of education for the Native American race was based on ideals of individualism, industry, and the acceptance of Christian doctrine and morality (Wallace Adams 15). The set of European values that were prevalent […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Hampton Institute and the assimilation of Native Americans and African Americans, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:00:55 -0400

The reformation of education for the Native American race was based on ideals of individualism, industry, and the acceptance of Christian doctrine and morality (Wallace Adams 15). The set of European values that were prevalent in American culture saw to it that the Native American race could never live in harmony due to Euro-centric hegemonic views. […]

Booker Evans commented on the post, Working thesis, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:31:22 -0400

This is some interesting stuff. It reminds me of John Ogbu’s theory that deals with involuntary and voluntary minorities and why voluntary minorities succeed in American education system at a higher rate. Although his theory is highly debated my suggestion would be to check it out and try and connect it to the story you […]

Booker Evans commented on the post, Americanization Through Education, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:45:32 -0400

Thanks for the assistance Jack. I’ll let you know how my research is going in a few days.

Booker Evans commented on the post, Americanization Through Education, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:53:05 -0400

I want to continue my proposed research by comparing how African Americans experienced cultural change and education in relation to Native Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I have gained an interest in this topic through our assigned readings. This time period saw the rise of the common school movement which changed […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Americanization Through Education, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:38:19 -0400

Booker Evans Ed 300 Research Proposal Research Question: How has education contributed to the Americanization of different minorities and immigrants? Why is this socialization important for the growth of a unified nation? Have advances in education provided equal opportunities for advancement in society for all races or is there still more to be done? Relevance: […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Plagarism, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:44:14 -0500

Example 1: Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. A teacher who gets a particular ranking in year one is likely to get a different ranking the next year. Example 2: Plagiarize the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word. For example if there is a teacher who gets […]

Booker Evans commented on the post, American Teacher , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:54:06 -0500

As a potential future teacher I would have loved to watch this movie and I probably will in the coming weeks. I found your screen shots very helpful and your entire post was well organized. You had a well thought out critique of the film. I really liked your conclusion paragraph you delved deeper into […]

Booker Evans commented on the post, Waiting for Superman, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:06 -0500

In your review of Waiting for Superman I was intrigued by a statistic you provided. “They stated that an individual teacher can add up to 20k to a childs future income and can total up to 400k depending on how many students are in the class.” This is really interesting and it emphasizes the necessity […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Booker Exercise 6: Image & Video w/ Narraration, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:56:53 -0400

In this video Wildaliz and Eva Bermudez recall their earliest memories of activism for school integration in Greater Hartford through their involvement as young plaintiffs in the 1989 Sheff v O’Neill lawsuit, and how the case shaped their lives as politically active adults today. The sisters describe why their parents (Pedro and Carmen Wilda Bermudez) […]

Booker Evans wrote a new post, Exercise 3/How to Lie with Statistics/Booker Evans, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:39:08 -0400

In this exercise we manipulated statistics by altering chart settings in order to make the data lie for our purposes. In the first chart we show the data in its original range. It looks like there is a large positive correlation between the percentage and the year because as each year increases by 10 the […]