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Monday, April 22, 2013

10 gap closing ideas from the 1990's


by Joseph Hawkins 
Recently, a reader of this blog said I was void of ideas—ideas that closed academic achievement gaps. That comment got me thinking—Am I really void of ideas? 
If we judged me on just me throwing ideas on the table—which I have been doing since the 1980’s, then heck no is the answer.  It is probably difficult to find any single Montgomery County resident who has tossed more ideas in the public domain than me, especially when it concern African American students and the achievement gap. 
Here are 10 ideas listed in chronological order—all 10 are from the 1990’s.  I could have easily cited another 20 ideas from just the 2000’s.  Most of the ideas come from columns and essays written for The Montgomery Journal (a local newspaper that went out of business), The Washington Post, and Education Week
Idea #1 (December 20, 1988):  provide black kids with better information about college.  “Establish a financial-aid clearinghouse to help black students find enough financial aid to handle the cost of college.”continues at this Patch link.

1 comment:

  1. "void of ideas"?
    It seems to me that you are filled with ideas but many Montgomery County parents are not interested in ideas or deep critical thinking. Perhaps we are all to busy shuffling kids to practices? too stressed?
    Hard to know.
    Look what is happening in Congress and we just let it happen.
    We should be in the streets, but we are not.
    Activist should not be scary word. This is about our families lives.
    Your ideas and insights should be causing a full blown uproar as far as I am concerned.


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