“What Culturally Responsive Teachers Do” NABSE 2014 Presentation
Click the link below to access the PowerPoint presentation from the 2014 National Alliance of Black School Educators “What Culturally Responsive Teachers Do” workshop.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download CRP Intro NASBE 2014 Web Version
Educating Baltimore’s Black Community (Part 1)
Baltimore’s Black community has been fighting for adequate public education for our children since the Baltimore City Public School system was established in 1829. Many of the issues we were fighting for in the 19th century we are still struggling to acquire today. Initially we merely sought access to the public schools. While we paid taxes that supported the schools [...]
National Alliance of Black School Educators 2014 Conference
Join Dr. Brian C. Morrison at the 2014 National Alliance of Black School Educators on Friday, November 21, 2014 from 2:15 – 3:45 for our “Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom: What Culturally Responsive Teachers Do” workshop. The most important relationship in the school in regards to student success is that between the teacher and the student. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) [...]
7 Steps to Effectively Work With Your Child’s School
This pamphlet is a useful set of guidelines for parents to use for effectively engaging with their child’s school. It is written in easy to read plain English without a bunch of educational jargon. The overarching idea of the handbook is that parents want their children to attend the most effective school they can. The most effective schools are those [...]
@ The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows 2014 Convening
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation held its Teaching Fellows Convening in Chicago this year. Dr. Brian C. Morrison, Founder and President of the Watkins Educational Institute, along with Dr. Travis Bristol conducted a very productive workshop on “Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom.” The workshop focused on helping pre and early service educators understand what culturally responsive pedagogy is, why it is [...]
Disconnected Students
One of the many problems in today’s schools is that we have a tremendous disconnect between the students, how and what schools teach and the manner in which it is taught. We are using agrarian age facilities, employing an industrial business model to teach third millennium youth. In a PBS Frontline program about Michele Rhee one of the scenes illustrated [...]