Today’s Document from the National Archives- Plessy v. Ferguson May 18, 2013Issued on May 18, 1896, the ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." It was not until the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas and congressional civil rights acts of the 1950s and 1960s that systemati […]
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Some Fun at Parent-Teacher Conferences
This week, schools in New York City will have the first parent-teacher conferences…or as we in the faculty lounge like to call them: “The Crying Game.”
This cartoon showcases not only parent denial, but also teacher intransigence. Lets hope our conferences this week are more productive.
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