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$Too Cool for School: Young Teachers and Dress Code Infractions$

Dec 27, 2019
4 min

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.

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10 Fiction Books Every Young Educated African American Should Read

Ashan R. Hampton

Dec 13, 2019
4 min

10 Fiction Books Every Young Educated African American Should Read

Many African American students have not been introduced to the following books or the brilliant authors who wrote them.

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Ashan R. Hampton

Dec 6, 2019
4 min

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.

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Ashan R. Hampton

Nov 8, 2019
2 min

Academic Degree Abbreviations Decoded

In the workplace, some people decorate their names and titles with multiple abbreviations to indicate earned academic degrees.

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Contextualizing and Decoding Beyonce’s “Becky”

Ashan R. Hampton

Nov 1, 2019
4 min

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.

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“I Don’t Write that Good”: Strategies for Teaching Developmental English

Ashan R. Hampton

Oct 25, 2019
3 min

“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.

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Ashan R. Hampton

Oct 18, 2019
2 min

Who is Teaching Our Children?

The children are the future. Are we in big trouble? We can no longer place the onus of education upon public school teachers.

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Is Common Core Writing Culturally Relevant or Racially Offensive?

Ashan R. Hampton

Oct 11, 2019
4 min

Is Common Core Writing Culturally Relevant or Racially Offensive?

Recently, I substituted for a 5th grade class at a relatively middle class elementary school. The school was tucked away in suburbia.

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Ashan R. Hampton

Sep 27, 2019
3 min

What is Urban Grammar?

My English teacher sensibilities took a few seconds to fully process what the young lady had just said. I replayed the brief exchange.

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The Insane Mundanity of Violence Against Teachers

Ashan R. Hampton

Jul 4, 2019
3 min

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.

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Too Cool for School: Young Teachers and Dress Code Infractions

10 Fiction Books Every Young Educated African American Should Read

The Substitute Teacher Dilemma

Academic Degree Abbreviations Decoded

Contextualizing and Decoding Beyonce’s “Becky”

“I Don’t Write that Good”: Strategies for Teaching Developmental English

Who is Teaching Our Children?

Is Common Core Writing Culturally Relevant or Racially Offensive?

What is Urban Grammar?

The Insane Mundanity of Violence Against Teachers

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