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Empowering Minds: Black History Reading Resources for K-12 Classrooms
Discover curated Black history reading resources for K-12 classroom students. Foster diversity, inclusivity and critical thinking.

Ashan R. Hampton
Feb 28, 20241 min read
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ELA Distance Learning Video Lesson Plan
Students. Teachers. Professionals. Do you need to improve your grammar and writing skills? Like...right now? Perhaps you need to pass a stan

Ashan R. Hampton
Apr 29, 20221 min read
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When to Use "Whom or Whomever"?
Use whom or whomever if you can substitute the following pronouns: him, her, them, me, us. These pronouns function as objects of verbs.

Ashan R. Hampton
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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“I Don’t Write that Good”: Strategies for Teaching Developmental English
Developmental writing students enter the course with a variety of writing deficiencies as well as strengths.

Ashan R. Hampton
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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Too Cool for School: Young Teachers and Dress Code Infractions
When did teachers lose their sense of appropriate and inappropriate dress for the classroom? No amount of boob on the job is acceptable.

Ashan R. Hampton
Dec 27, 20205 min read
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Teachers Need Love Too
I was substituting at a charter school when I happened upon the ‘regular’ teacher’s pay stub. It seemed to leap into my prying little hands.

Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 27, 20203 min read
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Gifted, Over-educated and Unemployed
Despite all of my educational background, I still found myself unemployed, and overqualified.

Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 17, 20205 min read
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The Substitute Teacher Dilemma
Why would an unemployed person decline the opportunity to make money as a substitute teacher? The reasons might astonish some and enlighten.

Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 5, 20205 min read
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10 Books Every Educated Black Student Should Read
Many African American students have not been introduced to the following books or the brilliant authors who wrote them.

Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 3, 20203 min read
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Contextualizing and Decoding Beyonce’s “Becky”
Beyoncé has taken a lot of heat lately for being a powerful, beautiful, talented, wealthy Black woman. Her blackness offends some people.

Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 2, 20204 min read
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The Insane Mundanity of Violence Against Teachers
Violence against teachers is mundane. It is no longer shocking. Teachers defending themselves against violent attacks is common.

Ashan R. Hampton
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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