My last few blog entries have been somewhat negative--Blame it on blogging during a hot flash. Today I have positive things to say about life (read education). There is an elementary school in Gary called Banneker. This school is in the heart of Gary, the children at this school suffer from the same issues as children in other schools--poor health, single parents, poverty, school with few resources--yet this school is succeeding where others fail. Banneker has been named a four star school in Indiana for the past sixteen years--the four star rating means it is #1 amongst all elementary schools throughout Indiana. As I said earlier this school doesnot get anything the other schools don't get and yet... I visited the school for the first time last week (during their 5th grade graduation) as a start to a research project into WHY? this school and not others. As soon as I entered the school I felt a positive air and I do not just mean the positive sayings decorating the hallways.

I know this is the urban education Blog but I have to vent about Fox news station. Following is my rant--I have no literature to sight to make this sound academic just my righteous Black woman anger.

Like most of us I just completed my semester. I taught a class on urban education to new graduate students in an urban education program. Although my class was quite diverse the assumptions/myths in the class were anything but diverse. It surprises and saddens me when I have students who parrot the beliefs of society. Especially when these are students who have a concern for urban education. In class I heard them describe urban schools as jungles with uncontrollable students.

I just hosted a Barack Obama party at my home. In Indiana we vote on May 6th and for once what Indiana votes is actually going to count!! We are finally important:-) Well, my friends came over--we drank--we ate--and we watched a Barack documentary and the entire time I felt good.