Results don’t lie: From Good to Great
From Good to Great: School Transformation Case Study Ed Inquiry Executive-in-Residence Program 2017-2023 https://youtu.be/0wT4eQ68HLo Dr. Sherley Bretous, Executive DirectorBenjamin Banneker Charter Public School As a long-term client of Ed Inquiry’s Executive-In-Residence Service, The Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School undertook a multi year program to turn-around enrollment, enhance communications in the school community and most importantly […]
Results Don’t Lie – Another Year of High Expectations
Don’t nobody bring me no “Bad News.” All one has to do is scan Twitter on any day to see horrendous stories about the flaws and tragedies occurring in many public schools across the country. Yeah, there are a lot of bad schools out there, enough to fill the twitter feed of anyone that wants […]
Consider the Future by Looking at K-12 Education Today
It is the first days of September 2019 and for most public school students in grades K – 12, the school year has started. Families across the country have recently been immersed in the annual back-to-school rituals of shopping for school supplies, getting clothes ready, prepping hair, figuring out transportation and finding after school options […]
Gifted Kids of Color are Falling Far Behind
So what happens to the academically gifted young children from Black and Brown communities? This is a real question that must be asked and answers demanded. For many families of color, their greatest dream and perhaps their greatest asset is the potential of their children to find their way into the economic mainstream of America. […]
Tribalism Ain’t New In America
I have struggled for days to think about an opening for this blog post. Each sentence, phrase or paragraph does not seem to capture what needs to be communicated to reflect the lives of many Americans caught in the systemic racism and classism that has become the norm in a society that is slowly waking […]
New Job Description for Next Gen School Leaders?
New School Leaders Must Emerge A new paradigm is needed for real, rapid and lasting change in educational outcomes for Black and Brown students . And it seems that school leaders are likely the answer. Not just any school leader though. And that is the problem. We need school leaders that are: goal focused multi-culturally […]
Tough Choices and Challenges for Black Gifted in New York City
In New York City, there is a debate raging about the lack of diversity in the city’s specialized high schools for academically gifted students. These schools require each applicant to take a standardized test which delivers an achievement score on Math and English. If you do very well you may be offered a seat at […]
Innovation of Inclusion – Results Don’t Lie
Rising to the Challenge in Cambridge Massachusetts Throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, educators have anticipated the release of the 2017 Spring Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) state test results. The MCAS assessment is given in grades 3 through 8 and grade 10 to test a student’s knowledge in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and Science for […]
2016 Summer Olympics, School Choice and Gifted Students
2016 Summer Olympic Achievements It is August 2016. The Summer Olympics are in progress in Rio. American athletes have done well with a very respectable collection of more gold medals than any other country so far. Among the top performers is a young Black gymnast named Simone Biles who has gained the respect and attention […]
America’s Difficult Conversations: The Apathy-Empathy Scale
The Apathy-Empathy Scale: A Conversation Starter For our American community, It has been a tragic few weeks, in a tragic month, in a tragic series of years. We are facing a new day. One that I fear we are not prepared for and one where we cannot begin to predict the outcome. It is July […]
