Need Advice on the Sage Front…

What do you do when a kid doesn’t fit in? This morning, Sage told me about how he hated the game “Heads Up, Seven Up”, because no one ever called on him. He told me that it makes him feel as though he doesn’t have any friends. After school today, he told me that some [...]

Books With Black Faces

I’ve been reading An African Centered Response to Ruby Payne’s Poverty Theory. Although I don’t agree with all of it, it is a fascinating read. One of the points he makes, when he is not encouraging his community to avoid all responsibility for kids in trouble is that school curriculum needs to be more Afrocentric. [...]