Startling Statistics

On pg. 32, Tatum quotes a statistic: African American males make up nearly 50% of the prison population but only 13% of the total population in our country.

In addition, the recent CNN documentary: Black in America, quoted a Princeton research study which showed that African American men with only a high school education have the same statistical chance of getting a job as white men who have been incarcerated.

Respond to these startling statistics from both a personal and educational perspective.

Critical Mistakes

After reading and thinking through Ch. 3 & 4 for the third time, it occurs to me that as teachers we often make two critical mistakes:

1. We teach the way we were taught.
2. We teach the way we learn best.

How do we avoid these critical mistakes in our own classrooms?