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  • EDUCATION
    • The Voice of Dr. Michael Robinson >
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      • Normalizing Self-Care: Tips for Self-Care LaConti Bryant, Ed.D
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      • Culturally Relevant Pedagogy – What is It? Dr. Rashid Faisal
      • Five Educators Discuss Teacher Certification Challenges and Changes and How It Impacts Public Schools >
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      • Leading Up While Managing the Unexpected
      • Dr. Cynthia Tyson The Importance of Examining the Development of Critical Race Theory (CRT)
      • Dr. Joya Crear Revisits the 1989 Howard University Student Protest and Why the Fight Has to Continue
      • New York Ends Programs for Gifted and Talented Students: So Now What, New York?
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        • ​Equity, Equality, and Education If equity is effective, what would it look like in schools?
        • If Equity is Effective, What Would it Look Like in Schools?
        • What is equity in education, and does it matter in the area of student achievement?
        • Can you outline the differences between equity and equality?
        • What is the concept of equity that is often misunderstood?
      • Schools Need More Crisis Intervention Personnel and Fewer School Police Officers
      • Making of the Documentary Robbed: A Mother's Peril The Kelley Williams-Bolar Story
      • How Art Can Have a Positive Impact on Student Behavior
    • Medication Adherence and Safety Radio Series >
      • Using Technology to Manage your Medication
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      • Reducing Stigma as a means to Increase Medication Adherence
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    • The Business of Education >
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        • The Middle School Experience >
          • The Course The Middle School Experience: Introduction to Cognitive Development of Pre-adolescent Students
      • Making the Transition from Coursework to Dissertation
      • Advice to New Doctoral Learners and Candidates By Lyn Walden, EdS, EdD, PhD
      • How to Become an Educational Consultant by Leveraging Your Professional Network
      • The Cleopatra Teacher Rules: Effective Strategies for Engaging Students and Increasing Achievement
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      • immigrant and refugee Youth In The Classroom
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      • 2022 Firearms and Learning Educators and Parents Share Their Thoughts About Arming Teachers
      • School Resource Officer Challenges to System and Systemic Leadership Dr. Dwayne Ham
      • To Meet or Not to Meet? That is the Question!
      • Is There a Need for School Resource Officers Dr. Natasha Mitchell
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      • 1st Quarter >
        • What the COVID-19 Crisis Says About America Today? >
          • Back on Track: Supporting Students with Disabilities after COVID-19
          • How the COVID-19 Crisis Impacted Student Learning and Safety?
          • Vicarious Trauma Among U.S. Educators Before COVID-19
          • What the COVID-19 Crisis Say About America's Issue of Food Insecurity?
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          • Educators and Education: The Common Sense and Soul of the Nation Aaron J. Griffen, Ph.D.
        • The Teacher's Lounge Arianna Grant
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        • The Teacher's Lounge Educators Reflect on 2016 and Look Ahead for 2017
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        • Dr. Jay Wamsted Why is it not racist for Black students to be wary of White teachers
        • What are we learning as Educators, Parents, and Civic Leaders as a result of the Chicago Public Schools Teacher strike?
        • Why the Importance of Black Male Teachers? Julius Davis, Ed.D. >
          • Unplugged Dr. Julius Davis Why Is There a Shortage of African American Male Teachers
        • Stacie McClam Why I Left Teaching
        • Two Scholars Aaron J. Griffen, Ph.D. & Liv Finne, Esq.
        • Understanding The Choice in School Choice
      • Mid-Term >
        • The Journey >
          • Dr. Kyle Randolph Bacon Persistence, Perseverance, and the Pursuit of Happiness
          • Dr. Lawrence Scott From Hopelessness, to the Hallways of Higher Education
          • Dr. Ericka W. Ways The Monumental Task and Rewarding Experience of a Life-Long Dream
          • Dr. Alvin L. Ward, II Journey to the Doctoral Degree
          • Dr. Michael A. Robinson The Importance of sharing your testimony!
      • 3rd Quarter >
        • Educators Look Ahead for the 2018-2019 School Year
        • The Teacher's Lounge Dr. Doris Lee
        • School Psychologist, Critical Thinker, and Musician
        • Wives Share Their Thoughts: Why It Is Important for Their Husbands and other Males of Color to Share Their Challenges and Victories! >
          • Young Gifted and Black Educator Shares Why He Had To Tell His Story
          • Educator Shares Why He Had To Tell His Story
      • 4th Quarter >
        • 3 Questions Veteran Substitute Teacher Denise Williams
        • Unplugged Dr. Pamela L Grayson Shares Her Opinion The Experiences of Being a Substitute Teacher
        • Dr. Mike Robinson Asked Educators
        • Firearms and Learning
        • Doctoral Degree vs Honorary Doctorate Degree
        • An African American Overview of Education Dr. Shanelle R. Benson Reid
        • Discounting Student Survivor Voices: ​An Offensive Strategy to Obfuscate Truth
        • We Don’t Teach Educators Enough About Trauma: We Should Do More Karen Gross
    • Education Video Talk >
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      • Quarantined Clap Back with Ashley Angel Simmons
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      • The QOTD Series Featuring Stacie McClam >
        • QOTD Stacie McClam Does it Make Sense to Add a New Program in the Middle of the School Year? ​
        • QOTD Stacie McClam Are School Suspensions Really Bad?
        • QOTD ​Stacie McClam Does Phonics Help Students to Become Better Readers?
        • QOTD ​Stacie McClam Why Are School Districts Still Practicing Social Promotion?
        • QOTD ​Stacie McClam: Is There a Place for Tracking: in Public Education
      • Dr. Dwayne Ham What Concerns Middle School Students Beyond the Surface One School Administrator's Perspective
      • Dr. Brenda Lloyd-Jones The Value of Faculty Mentoring
      • Dr. Breea C. Willingham Black Women, Police Violence and the American Criminal Injustice System Teesside Uni Lecture >
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      • Phyl Macomber What Does It Take For Schools To Close The Academic Gaps How Can Parents Help To Ensure The Academic Success Of Their Scholars?
      • Dr. Shanelle R. Benson Reid What Does It Take For Schools To Close The Academic Gaps?
      • What Ferguson Has Taught Me: Part 2
      • What Ferguson Has Taught Me!
      • Parents Talk First Day of School and Expectations for the School Year
      • Bullying
      • Three Types of Bullying
      • A Parent's Reaction To The Issue of Bullying
      • Does Bullying Change?
      • Men Make A Difference Day For Academic Success: The Importance of Black Male Teachers
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      • THE UPRISING Dr. Natasha Mitchell Race, Poverty, and Police Brutality
      • THE UPRISING Mira Donaldson ​ Young, Gifted, and Advocate in the Fight Against Racial Inequality and Police Brutality
      • THE UPRISING Protesting to Protect Her Black Son and All Black Children ​
      • Race, Poverty, and Police Brutality Conversations on College Campuses When Students Return
      • A New Challenge Dr. Shanelle R. Benson Reid
      • Biased and Unjust Suspensions of Students of Color >
        • Fed Up and Speaking Up: Black Educators Share Recommendations to Reduce Biased and Unjust Suspensions of Black Boys
        • Fed Up and Speaking Up: Black Educators Share Recommendations to Reduce Biased and Unjust Suspensions of Black Boys
      • Educators Share Their Thoughts on the NFL and Jay-Z's Partnership >
        • Karen Gross Answers 4 Questions About the NFL & Jay-Z's Partnership ​
        • Dr. Raphael Crawford ​Answers 4 Questions About the NFL and Jay-Z's Partnership
        • Dr. Pamela Grayson ​Answers 4 Questions About the NFL and Jay-Z's Partnership
        • Dr. Rarkimm Fields ​Answers 4 Questions About the NFL and Jay-Z's Partnership ​
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        • Dr. Shonta Smith Answers 4 Questions About the NFL and Jay-Z's Partnership
    • Educational Views: The Views and perspectives >
      • Educational View Karen Gross
      • The 2020 election has important implications for the state of education Dr. Jide Bamishigbin Jr. Dr. Jahneille Cunningham
      • Funny Side of Education >
        • Dr. Mike Robinson All The Fish Are Dead
        • Karen Gross: The Perfect Fit
      • Living Education eAudio >
        • Living Education Educational View 2018 Season 5 >
          • Dr. Tom Granoff Educational View Making the Transition from Coursework to Dissertation: 22 Distinctions/Differences
          • Educational View Dr. Janice Wyatt-Ross
          • Janelle McLaughlin How Teachers Sometimes Feel They Are In The Fight Alone
          • Dr. Aaron J. Griffen Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices: Fact and Fiction
          • Dr. Andrea Peoples-Marwah How to Make Math and Science Exciting Beyond the Textbook​
          • Dr. Marcelle Mentor The collaborative potential of all learning experiences
          • Dr. Shanelle R. Benson Reid Superman is not coming to save us!
          • Beatrice Moore Luchin The Importance of Integrating a Social Justice Approach ​Within the K-12 Mathematics Curriculum
          • Dr. ​Taiwanna Anthony Education is Vital to Achieve Success in the 21st Century ​
        • Living Education Educational View Season 4 >
          • Dr. Nathaniel Bryan Value of Men of Color Sharing Their Stories
          • Michelle L. Williams ​Students Having Access to High Quality Math Instruction
          • McKenna Lewis How Parents Can Use Summer Break To Get Ready For Back To School and Student Success
          • ​LaMarcus J. Hall Where Are My True Educators? Come Forth!
          • Janelle McLaughlin Education Consultant, Presenter, Coach, Keynote Speaker and Trainer. The importance of student-driven learning
          • Dr. Cristina Rodriguez Chen Evaluating Children Who Are Culturally Diverse For Special Education
          • Dr. Deena Brown American Educational System Lacks Courageous Leadership​
          • Dr. Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott The Family (Parents, Guardians, Community) Are the First Educators of Their Children
          • Phyl Macomber Founder and CEO Make A Difference, Inc. How to Successfully Reach and Teach Children with Autism
          • Dede Rittman Author The Importance of School Leadership
        • Educational Views: Season 3 >
          • This Week's Educational View: Zane Marshall: The Importance of Internships
          • This Week's Educational View: Tanishka Chellani Education Reform Domestic and International Education Through Public Policy
          • This Week's Educational View: Karen Gross: Strategies for How to Improve Campus Culture -- whether it is toxic or just in need of reshaping
          • This Week's Educational View: Adrienne Benavides A National Epidemic: The low graduation rates of First Generation Black College Students
          • This Week’s Educational View: Dr. Idelia Phillips: What is Career and Technical Education, also known as CTE?
        • Educational Views: Season 2 >
          • This Week's Educational View: Tanishka Chellani: Education Reform
          • Educational View: Karen Stone: Teaching and Implementing the 7 Attributes of Emotional Intelligence
          • This Week's Educational View: Dede Faltot Rittman The Three C’s of Confidence, Communication, and Creativity
          • This Week's Educational View: Brad Currie: Activating Stakeholder Involvement in Schools Through Social Media and Technology
          • This Week's Educational View: 7 Steps to Creating a High Performing Student Centered Classroom
          • This Week's Educational View: Victoria Broussard
          • This Week's Educational View: Student Engagement: Denise Fawcett Facey
          • This Week's Educational View: Julian Vasquez Heilig: The Trouble With Charter Schools
          • This Week's Educational View: Stephen Flemming: Importance of Black Male Teachers in Schools
          • This Week's Educational View: Dorothy Powers Gorman: Failing The Pathway To Bigger Success
        • This Week's Educational View: Dr. Susan Gardner
        • This Week's Educational View: Allison Brown
        • This Week's Educational View
        • Archived Educational Views >
          • Special Holiday Educational View: Kelley Williams Bolar
          • Why I Joined My Local PTA
          • Bullying
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          • Educational Views 50th Anniversary March and Rally in Washington, DC >
            • eEducational View: Dream Keeper
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    • Higher Education >
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  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Living Academic eJournal >
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    • How to Submit an Article
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    • 2019 Living Education eMagazine Editions >
      • 2019 Summer Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XXI) ​
    • 2018 Editions of Living Education eMagazine >
      • 2018 Summer Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XX )
    • 2017 Editions of Living Education >
      • 2017 Fall Edition Living Education eMagazine Vol. 19 >
        • ​5 Damage Control Strategies Educational Institutions Can Employ in Times of Crisis By Kelly Alexander
      • 2017 Summer Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XVIII)
    • 2016 Living Education eMagazine >
      • 2016 Fall Special Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XVII) >
        • Book 2 2016 Fall Special Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XVII)
      • 2016 Summer Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XVI)
      • 2016 Spring Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XV)
    • 2015 Editions: Living Education eMagazine >
      • The 2015 Fall Edition (Vol. XIV)
      • 2015 Summer Edition Living Education eMagazine (Vol. XIII)
      • 2015 Edition: Living Education eMagazine >
        • 2015 Special Edition: Off the Pages >
          • Why I Became An Entrepreneur Tracie Mitchell, Pond Owner/Operator Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of Prince Georges
          • Why I Chose My College!
          • Challenges for the American Public Educational Systems? : An African American Woman's Perspective
          • What are the Educational Rights of Special Education Students and Their Families?
          • Special Edition Educational Views >
            • Denise Fawcett Facey Five Ways to Engage Students through Multicultural Education
            • Andrea M. Peoples-Marwah Mathematics and the Relationship of Achievement, Motivation and Concepts of Learning
            • Michelle Howard-Vital Family Life and Academic Achievement–What Can Families Do?
            • Ronda Racha Penrice
            • Robin T. Dorsey: Diabetes
          • Author's Corner >
            • Chronicles of a Grandma Mother Vanessa R. Tracy >
              • UNPLUGGED ​ Spiritual Warfare Vanessa Rodgers Tracy
            • A Brown Girl's Blues Lyric Justice
            • Having Early Visions That Move Mountains My Winning Purpose Eric S. York
            • Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles Field Trip to the Farm
            • Rita M. Wirtz Reading Champions! Second Edition: Teaching Reading Made Easy >
              • UNPLUGGED RITA WIRTZ Challenges Schools Have Teaching Students to Read
            • Dr. Norris Roberts Mama Is Still Here >
              • UNPLUGGED ​Dr. Norris Roberts
            • Cynthia Alease Smith, Ed.D. White Supremacy and the Post-Racial Color Blind Era
            • Dr. Marcus D. Jackson 10 Daily Essentials For Principals: Tips for having an Effective, Efficient, Efficacious Day
            • DR. APRIL J. LISBON No More Residue
            • Traci L. Noland >
              • UNPLUGGED Traci Noland Jackson
            • Rita Wirtz, Stories from a Teacher’s Heart
            • Jillian Whatley, Ph.D. Lessons for our Daughters
            • Dr. Essie McKoy Women of Virtue Walking in Excellence: Inspirational Stories of Character, Wisdom, Courage and Strength
            • A Second Helping of Gumbo for the Soul >
              • Everett Scott The Importance of His Wife and Other Females of Color Sharing Their Stories
              • Education Consultant, Speaker, and Trainer Shares Her Story of Shattering Threats Dr. Kelly Bullock Daugherty
              • Mother, Psychologist, and Mentor Shares Her Story of Resilience and Faith Dr. Jillian Whatley
              • Mental Health Expert and Scholar Shares Her Story of Triumph Over Pain Dr. Renée L. Garraway ​
              • Passionate, Fearless Immigrant Shares Her American Story Dr. Marcelle Mentor
            • Stacie McClam School Dismissed: Walking Away From Teaching
            • Dr. Cheryl Price Anderson Guns! Guns! Guns! A Kid’s Guide to Gun Safety >
              • UNPLUGGED Dr. Cheryl Anderson The Importance of Talking Gun Safety with Your Children
            • Miriam Whitehead-Brice And I don't Surrender to Stigmas and Judgments >
              • UNPLUGGED Miriam Whitehead-Brice Sharing the Lessons of Life While Living, Thriving and Loving with HIV
            • UNPLUGGED Poems by Neil M. Noble ​A Better Man and The Bucket List
            • Dr. Elwood Watson Reviews Potential on the Periphery: College Access from the Ground Up
            • Terry A. O'Neal The Sparrow’s Plight and Sweet Lavender >
              • UNPLUGGED Terry A. O'Neal Selection from The Sparrow’s Plight
            • D Jare Campbell The 24 Hour Rule Determining Your Dating Partner's Marriage Potential In 30 Days >
              • UNPLUGGED D Jare Campbell Author Quality Time Vs. Quantity Time Which is the Most Important in the Relationship
            • Dr. Essie McKoy The Heart of School Transformation: My Journey into Transforming Urban Schools >
              • Unplugged Dr. Essie McKoy Strategies, Challenges, and Experiences Transforming Schools to High Performing Learning Environments
            • Dr. Sairah Qureshi Becoming Socially Fit!!!: Using Group Physical Fitness to Combat Bullying Behavior!!!
            • Dr. Estella Ingram-Levy SexCessFully Promotions
            • Shynia Baldwin Let’s Get Matched, Not Just Addicted to LOVE >
              • UNPLUGGED Shynia Baldwin
              • UNPLUGGED Shynia Baldwin The Importance of Life Insurance in Building Family Wealth
            • Timona Ross I Don't Moo >
              • UNPLUGGED Timona Ross
            • Principal Baruti Kafele Is My School a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It? >
              • Unplugged Principal Baruti Kafele
            • Larry Taylor It’s A STORM WITHOUT GOD… IT’S THE PERFECT JOURNEY WHEN YOU KNOW THE NAME OF JESUS IS GUARANTEED!!!
            • Jeff Hodges A Collection Of Conversations A Guide To Success Vol. 1
            • Erica Pullen Believing In Myself!
            • Dr. Brian L. Wright The Brilliance of Black Boys Cultivating School Success in the Early Grades >
              • Unplugged Dr. Brian L Wright
              • Unplugged Dr. Brian L. Wright #2
            • Dr. Terance Shipman Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School >
              • Unplugged Dr. Terance Shipman Advice for Educators on How to Effectively Work with Multiple Changes in School Leadership
              • Unplugged Dr. Terance Shipman
            • Dr. Christopher Wooleyhand School Leadership Lessons From...Life: A collection of school leadership lessons from the field
            • Katherine Reynolds Lewis The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever?And What to Do About It
            • Felicia Meadows From Dreams to Reality: 21 Tips for Teens >
              • Unplugged Felicia Meadows The Value of Becoming Involved with Your Community Schools Before You Speak About Issues
            • JOY ELAN Holding On To My Pride >
              • Unplugged Joy Elan Part 2
              • Unplugged Joy Elan Part 1
            • Dr. Tommy J. Curry The Man-Not >
              • Dr. Tommy J. Curry Responds to Facebook Questions about His Book Man-Not
              • Unplugged Dr. Tommy J. Curry
            • Dusty Staub The Seven Acts of Courage: Bold Leadership for a Wholehearted Life
            • Shelia Spears, Joseph C. Spears ​Winning in Life!: Spirit, Soul, & Body >
              • UNPLUGGED SHELIA SPEARS AND JOSEPH C. SPEARS
            • Karen Gross and Marc Wine Lady Lucy’s Laugh Giraffe Journey
            • Michael A. Johnson Report To The Principal's Office Tools for Building Successful High School Administrative Leadership >
              • Unplugged Michael A. Johnson
            • Anthony Tilghman Bull "The
            • Brea C. Ratliff Lessons From the Master Teacher: An Educator's Journey with Jesus
            • Gail Bingham Make Education Great Again: Domestic Terrorism in Public School Education; It's Time for a Revolution!
            • Shauna F. King School Smart: Its More Than Just Reading & Writing
            • Dr. April J. Lisbon Stretched Thin Finding Balance Working and Parenting Children with Special Needs
            • Dr. Nekeshia Hammond: ADHD Explained: What Every Parent Needs to Know
            • Dr. Henry M. Carter Who Moved My Acorns?
            • Dr. Monica Burns Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom
            • Mel Hawkins Reinventing Education, Hope, and the American Dream: The Challenge for Twenty-First Century America
            • Donna Shannon BEYOND MIS-EDUCATION Dis-Education in American Public Schools is Making Kids Mad! Mad! Mad!
            • Hilderbrand Pelzer III Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison
            • Dr. Brenda T. Bradley I Feel Good: Real Life Testimonies From People Who Used Food as Medicine >
              • Unplugged with Dr. Brenda T. Bradley
              • ​Dr. Brenda T. Bradley Eating Healthy During the Super Bowl and Other Major Sporting Events
            • Julie Brown ​Intensive College Access Now (ICAN)
            • Dr. Michael Osit: Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything
            • Dr. Michael Osit The Train Keeps Leaving Without Me:
            • Archie Beslow: The Mentor That Inspires
            • Karen Gross Breakaway Learners:
            • ​Karen Gross: Teach Our Children Well
            • LaMarcus Hall I Refuse to Let You Give Up: To My Teens Who Feel All Hope Is Gone
            • Denis Sheeran Instant Relevance​
            • Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D., Joy Lawson Davis, Ph.D., Michelle Trotman Scott, Ph.D., Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz Ph.D. Gumbo for the Soul Liberating Memoirs and Stories to Inspire Females of Color
            • Dr. Shanelle R. Benson Reid Entrepreneurship 101: Effective Strategies for Living on Purpose
            • Dede Rittman GRADY GETS GLASSES
            • Dr. Angelise Rouse: The King Inside: Practical Advice for Young African-American Males ​​
            • ​Carolyn R. Green Bondfire: A Tale of Love, Betrayal and a Dangerous Game
            • Gina Humber IT'S ALL GOOD-Book about Self Acceptance & Diversity
            • David Miller The Greene Family Farm
            • Annie Fox, M.Ed.
            • Casey Elisha
            • Catherine Trotter
            • Dan Blanchard
            • Dede Faltot Rittman
            • Denise Fawcett Facey
            • Dr. Chris L. Hickey, Sr
            • Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields
            • Dr. LaSean Rinique
            • Dr. Sairah Qureshi
            • Dr. Sean B. Yisrael
            • Dr. Shanelle Reid
            • Dr. Shonta Smith
            • Dr. Stephen Jones
            • Karen Gross
            • Kenya Conway-Jones
            • Kimberly K. Parker
            • Liz Nead
            • Matt Prestbury
            • Rafranz Davis
            • Shelly Sanchez Terrell
            • José Luis Vilson
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  • FAIR HOUSING
    • Robert Strupp, Esq. Housing Champion
    • Andreanecia M. Morris Executive Director for HousingNOLA
    • Stella Adams Housing Experts Defines the Term REO
    • Fair Housing ​Stella Adams​ Education The Importance of Equal Housing Opportunity and Access to a Quality
    • 3 Facts with Lisa A. Kelly, Esq. Reminders for Respondents Avoiding Potential Fair Housing Violations
    • 3 Facts with Lisa A. Kelly, Esq. 3 Considerations for Complainants of Housing Discrimination to Consider
    • iBrief: Lost in the Shuffle of the Foreclosure Dilemma
    • Students Benefit from Homeownership
    • Promoting the Goals of Fair Housing
    • How Can CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Funding Support Education and Fair Housing
    • School Closings and Fair Housing
    • Consequences When Fair Housing is not Addressed
    • What is Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
    • Interviews
    • EDUCATION, HOUSING and RESEARCH NEWS TODAY >
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  • RESEARCH
    • Researchers, Scholars, and Practitioners >
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​​School Resource Officer
Challenges to System and Systemic Leadership
Dr. Dwayne Ham 
@manetho06
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Since George Floyd, many people around the country have decried their concerns about defunding metropolitan police departments. Some have even gone so far as to say, why do we need them in our schools. Yet for many educators, not having a police officer in the school is a tragedy waiting to happen because some of our schools are not appropriately staffed to handle the microcosm that is created in a small city like a school. However, why are some schools better able to handle the pressures of not hosting a police officer while others deem it an essential employee that is considered part of the staff but not paid from the school’s budget. This is a system and systemic leadership issue.
 
The average elementary school has at least one principal, one assistant principal, and teachers in every classroom with some school districts hosting aid in their early childhood education. Yet, for some urban school districts what is missing is the school counselor, and a full-time school psychologist (National Shortage). For many school districts see the school counselor as a want and not a need. School districts like Washington, D.C, and Philadelphia, a principal has to purchase a school counselor if they want someone who is going to manage the social-emotional learning of children. As one scholar stated in an article for  “Forest of the Rain Productions” notes, we can get rid of SRO’s if we had more school counselors and psychologists in our buildings. This may be true, but when a school district creates the inequities of student-based budgeting on the head of a principal, he or she can only do so much with so little which means the social-emotional needs of children may be left up to the classroom teacher.  

I remember in 2011-2013, Kaya Henderson saying, and I am paraphrasing, “we have too many people in our buildings that are non-instructional, and they take up too much of our budgets.” What I believe she was saying is that the classroom teacher and school principal was the only requirement in a school. Kaya Henderson is not trained as an educator nor does she have a degree in education at the time of this statement. How are we supposed to support the social emotions of children who undoubtedly have issues that go beyond the instruction and need to be supported by a trained individual, a school counselor or school psychologist when the system does not support this giving each school in its district the minimum to have one in the building that does not take away from the resources of the building principal. This is a tough decision.  This is not to say that the county school district is any difference in their ability to mitigate issues, but at least it is not a budgetary issue, some of their concerns is a lack of leadership.
 
As I read the column concerning DCPS taking SRO’s and guards out of their schools, I am so glad that I am no longer there because I am wondering who is going to demand respect, create consequences and teach children what the expectations are throughout their academic careers. It cannot be the principal, they have too much to do, and it should not be the classroom teacher because they are not trained. Each school in our major urban school districts much meet the minimum guidelines for a school counselor with a ratio of 250-1, which is the American School Counselor Association’s national standards. What if every urban school district followed this national standard? This would allow every child to be heard. It would give every parent an advocate to challenges they are having with their child to be the best person they can in an academic setting that has often alienated them, which is probably why some parents enter the schoolhouse with apprehension waiting to fight or flight. Not every parent acts this way, but enough of them to which has encouraged educators to require a police office or guard in their building. What are we expecting this police officer to do?
 
Teaching
 
Teaching in America is the toughest job, with the lowest pay per hour in the day, responsibility, and limited resources that comes from your pocket. When a teacher graduates from college, they have a mound of debt compounded by the need to obtain a job right after completing a year-long internship that usually does not pay. Some are already strapped for cash, trying to find a job and learning the system so they can be successful on the first day of teaching your child. They are not trained in the social-emotional learning of children nor are they born with classroom management skills. Some are born with a presence in the classroom, demanding respect, while others simply fail at it and leave the profession within 2-3 years. 

For a teacher struggling with classroom management, the idea that there is someone who they can rely on to support their behavior in the classroom is required, yet for many school districts where I have worked, there is no plan or process to support them until it is almost too late. Once an administrator begins to notice a problem in classroom management most are ready to write this educator off in separation from the school district with small amounts of support, while some school districts just make it so difficult that the teacher never recovers and simply quits before the school year ends. Nonetheless, what is happening while the teacher has no control in everyday instructional hours, days, and weeks? Someone must mitigate the behavior and violence that is happening in this classroom, who runs to the aid of the teacher. 

The administrator cannot do it because he or she is supposed to be (Busy) doing things in the office. So, this teacher is going to rely on the next person possible that does not have a class, the school resource officer, custodian, aid, or front office staff person. This is a system problem! How are we to assume that there is a conveyor belt of teachers waiting to take the more than 3.3 million jobs away from individuals who want to be here, but simply cannot maintain classroom management? Does the administration know something that I do not? 

If we supported our teachers before hiring them from undergraduate, not assuming they can handle a class and provide them with some experiences in a setting that is less than utopia with coaches and a training model, then maybe they would not expect an authority figure to rescue them, which gives the school district hope that it does not have to watch its violent data in schools rise because they simply did not do enough to support teachers.  For every teacher we let go, there is not one that is waiting to take their job especially if they quit in the middle of the academic year, an issue that no principal wants to solve in between the 10th day of school and April. For new and struggling teachers, an SRO or security guard provides a safety net that some need to feel safe to continue their livelihood of teaching. 

Leadership
 
Diane Jones, Elementary retired school principal at Glassmanor in Prince George’s County once told me, you do not teach from your seat and you better not lead your school building from their either.  Some school administrators still to this day stay in their offices all day, limiting the amount of presence in their school building to coming to work and leaving 10 hours later. Though it is a notion that school administrators should walk the halls, greet students and visit classrooms every day despite the I gotcha feelings that some teachers feel, what matters most is that they are seen in the school and provide effective feedback to support their employees daily. 

The principal sets the tone leads by doing as an example of the expectation needed from everyone to be successful in the schoolhouse. Yet, for some school administrators, they rarely leave their office communicating that the central office sends too many requests for data and information limiting their ability to be instructional leaders and culture builders. For others, it is simply an excuse to make a difference in the lives of their employees because they do not want to get out into the hallway which is evident by how many people mistaken other employees for the principal.  If the principal does not set the tone for the school culture and expectation, then who are people to look toward to do so. Who can call Evan’s name from one end of the hallway, or give that child a look which keeps them in line when a teacher is or isn’t present?

The days of the ruler toting, bullhorn principal is over; meeting students in the hallway and demonstrating your presence is how you shape students. This limits the need or requirement to have an SRO. Some might say that everyone in the building must do their part, but teachers already have a lot on their plates, and they cannot manage school culture without school administration leading by example. When the principal sets the tone for behavior and its shared throughout the building with appropriate restorative practices that are provided with fidelity, the likelihood that a resource officer is needed decreases.  
 
Other Supports
 
Back in the late 2002-2003 school year, Prince George’s County created the parent liaison program to create an avenue where parents could meet with an advocate for their child and handle some of the concerns that a school counselor or pupil personnel worker was unable to complete. These employees were housed in our more challenging and difficult schools where language barriers were a hallmark of the program. These parent liaisons still thrive today and continue to provide insight and support to schools around the county. This is a support that can serve to decrease the need or extinguish resource officers and security guards because they build parental support that can mediate primary and adolescent behaviors. 
 
Social Workers- Many social workers in our school districts mirror the duties and responsibilities of other mental health supports, yet in the District of Columbia they have three primary duties; attendance, truancy, and counseling for special education students; things might have changed but I doubt it. Also, social workers must be licensed to work so they can be paid via Medicaid for services rendered. 

School Counselors- We need school counselors in elementary, middle, and high school. School counselors are not just there to help with schedules and college or career plans. They are needed to develop a comprehensive plan to support the academic, behavior, and cognitive dissonance of all children in the care from elementary through high school. School counselors should not need to be licensed to work; they should only need to be certified by their state department of education. Yet for many states and cities, school counselors do not exist in elementary and middle school, they vary from school to school and sometimes district to district. 
 
School Psychologist- there is a national shortage with many working in 5 or 6 schools on their caseload. So, they are often lest likely to be effective given the number of students under their care, but a school district needs to partner with a University to create increase opportunities to employ them. 
 
Behavior Techs and In-School Suspension Coordinators- These employees can support and build school culture by creating and enforcing restorative practices for all students yet, they need to be trained effectively and given an opportunity for advancement with professional development, conference, and techniques to complete their jobs more effectively. Doing anything less than this will increase the likelihood that an SRO or security guard will be needed. 
 
Behaviors Are in Elementary!
 
I have heard many people say that behaviors do not happen in elementary which is why some school districts make their elementary school principals purchase mental health services out of their school budget.  Well, it certainly does not start in middle school. In my counseling and educational experience, many of my students were already in some type of gang activity by the time they reached third grade. Their level of gang activity was due in part because they wanted to be in an organized group that listened to them. Some behaviors in elementary school happened just because that is what they were taught.  Central office, behaviors happen in elementary school which is why some schools have police officers and security guards. If we spent money on support services in elementary that is at the very lest provided to all schools not taking away from their student-based budget, we could limit the need for armed people in our building in middle and high school-just a thought. 
 
Conversely

Quite frankly, with all these resources some schools require a police officer and security guard in their building, and it is not up for discussion. The violence around the building often creeps into the schoolhouse. The reaction time and distance it takes to roll units into the school would be a tragedy.  Additionally, long-standing violence and a lack of administrative presence and negligent school culture deem it necessary to have a police officer in the building. When you investigate MPD data alone, DCPS says their violence decreased by 27% but they never provided how many incidents happen. So, I get it when teachers want police and security guards in school but to take them out, the district has to provide resources that limit their need inside the building. 



Bio
Dr. Ham served as assistant principal for 6 years. First, at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, DCPS for 5 years. He assists with administering and supervising the total school program and providing educational leadership for students using blended learning and common core curriculum in math and reading.