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It is a known fact that in a workforce you have your top 10% your so-called high performers or superstars, you have your bottom 10% your under performers or not making the cut. However, we often do not talk about the most important category of workers and that is the middle 80%. The 80% are the people who most likely will be there 20 years from now, they are the ones who consistently get the job done, who are there day in and day out. While they might not stand out, they are the category we should be nurturing because they are what make your organization run. Most teachers fall into this category of the 80%, think about it, it is true. Have you ever watched those teachers of the year award shows? Have you ever seen what these award-winning teachers have to do to get to that level? Have you seen the sacrifices they made and the extra time and money they put in? What truly makes this group superstars is their ability not to burnout so quickly!   Do you remember Jaime Escal...

 I thought these were all interesting and did not know which one to share; so I shared them all: 2014 Influence List: Enforcer http://chronicle.com/article/Enforcer-Catherine-E-Lhamon/150837/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en One Course Without Pay https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/12/16/arizona-state-tells-non-tenure-track-writing-instructors-teach-extra-course-each Adrift at the Career Fair http://chronicle.com/article/Adrift-at-the-Career-Fair/150789/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Interesting conversations in education Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

Stats can be used to prove almost anything if you want them to depending on how you present them. Let us look at Bill O’Reilly’s “big revelation” on his show recently. Let me also start by saying United States is more than just “black and white”, the way he presented his numbers are designed to do nothing else but perpetuate “black and white” divide. He missed the opportunity to help heal and took the low road and continued to spew hate and fear, so shame on him. The FBI Crime stats, are based upon voluntary reporting by law enforcement agencies and the FBI themselves cannot really confirm their numbers.   So, keep in mind there are many unreported shootings. Let us break this down the way number should be: 2013 Blacks committed 5375 murders, these are people convicted of murder 2013 Whites committed 4396 murders, these are people convicted of murder What is missing here is the number of whites accused of murder who were acquitted. Whites are...

I am not going to quote statistics, references, etc, even though I could. I want you to access the information yourself and believe me it is very easy to find. I am not taking sides, just pointing out some facts because as an educator that is what I do. Let us start with race: it is a social construct, and the racial divide was created early in American history to keep black folks and poor white folks from uniting against the rich overlords. Guess what? It worked, and it is still working. There really is no such thing as the black race or the white race, there is only the human race. Poverty creates and perpetuates crime, not skin color. Yes there is a lot of crime in “black” neighborhoods but that is because most of these neighborhoods nationwide are poor (some extremely poor). However, if you look at “white” neighborhoods of similar poverty, you will find the crime statistics are just as high. How many of you are often one paycheck away from becoming homeless? When po...

 I hope you all take sometime to enjoy moments with your family and loved ones, and to be thankful for what you do have and not to worry about what you do not have. Be blessed. Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

I know this is a repetitive topic, I know I have talked about this before, but I feel it is worth mentioning again: politics have no place in the classroom. When political agendas are injected into education kids suffer because they are getting mixed messages and sometimes misleading information in an already mediocre school system (for the most part that is true we have to be honest). “Majority of Texas Social Studies Textbooks Approved Despite Controversy” “Nearly all of the social studies textbooks that were being considered by the Texas board of education—and causing an uproar from both conservative- and liberal-leaning advocacy groups—have been sanctioned for use next school year.” “Of the 96 books being reviewed, 89 were approved by the Republican-controlled board this afternoon, reports the Associated Press . Six books were defeated, and one publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, withdrew a government text.”  “As I wrote yesterday, groups fr...