Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

The country is fairly polarized at the moment, our tribal divisions are strong, obvious, and getting in the way of things like social justice, police reform, and poverty. These are thing that no matter what your skin color you want for your family. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness”. Beautiful words are they not?  Despite these words, the country still pushed th...

We talk about the golden rule “treat people the way you want to be treated”, but in actuality it is wrong; and this becomes evidenced more and more each generation it seems. Simple things like: ·          If you are considerably younger than me, do not be offended if I do not invite you to use my first name ·          I do not appreciate attempts at imposing your values and ideals about what I should eat upon me, no matter how passionate you might be about them ·          If we have a discussion, I expect you to be able to clearly articulate your message with specific examples and to be able to listen to my counter arguments in calm manner without resorting to silly phrases like “agree to disagree” ·          I am very good with technology, I just do not feel it is necessary to jump on all the new untested techn...

Old interview, but fond memory: Interview with Flavius Akerele The Final Word from George Chamberlin

Corinthians, ITT, and now Coleman. All oldish alternative institutions (same accreditor ironically), and the thing they also have in common is they are all closed. But guess who suffers? The student. The money the students spent they will never get back, and the time they spent was wasted. Promises made, but not kept. This is a failing of educators and administrators for not paying attention to what they teach in their own schools. There are case studies being taught on what has happened to these schools, by these very schools teachers!!! I have said it before and I will say it again: there needs to be a certification or training for those taking leadership potions in higher educational institutions. Seniority is no longer a valid reason to promote someone in today's educational environment. What is your institution doing to make sure your administrators are job ready? Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/corinthian-colleges-shu...

3 Approaches for Confronting Microaggressions Tyrone Fleurizard gives advice for reducing subtle yet discriminatory actions and comments in the classroom. By  Tyrone Fleurizard   July 20, 2018 20 COMMENTS   Phil Goodman -- a pseudonym -- has been teaching the psychology of prejudice for almost a decade. He has every lecture memorized and every punch line down. Throughout the semester, students explore the many ways prejudice manifests, interrogate prejudice research and, at the conclusion of the semester, develop ways to reduce prejudice in their own lives. Goodman’s favorite lecture is on stereotypes. His reading for this particular lecture includes an experimental study from Stanford University social psychologist and 2014 MacArthur “Genius” fellow  Jennifer Eberhardt  and her colleagues. They sought to determine how stereotypic associations influence visual processing and attention. To do that,...

At some point, we have to realize that we are no longer communicating, all we are doing is data dumping. Everyone thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong. We are divided into tribes that hate each other for no other reason than they believe in something slightly different us. We spend hours trolling each other on social media to the point that social media is no longer social. How do you expect to find common ground if you cannot talk about simple stuff? How do you solve problems when you cannot define the problem? At some point, we will need to work together to solve things; at some point, we have to remember we are all under the same flag, constitution, and it supposed to be equal under the law. Reject the labels, rejected the memes, and for Pete’s sake stop deflecting bad things to innocent people! Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

Seeking Higher Education Grant to help Educational Leaders and Adult Veteran Students | Education & School Fundraising Page with GoGetFunding https://gogetfunding.com/seeking-higher-education-grant-to-help-educational-leaders-and-adult-veteran-students/ via @GoGetFunding