http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2006/05/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Thu, 25 May 2006 15:10:00 -0700 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5623c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5623c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5623c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 May 2006 15:10:00 -0700 The last time I really attended public school was second grade. Between second and ninth I either attended Catholic school or a public school out of zone that my parents paid for me to attend. This was in Vermont, which has an excellent public edu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5623c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5623c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4464685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4464685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4464685e.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 May 2006 01:11:00 -0700 I’m all for accountability. I am a numbers person, and, more importantly, a results person. Numbers can give you a relatively objective view of how an organization is performing. I actually think kids should be given standardized tests every mont... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4464685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4464685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e54cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e54cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e54cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 May 2006 01:00:00 -0700 Well, I think I did a good job describing Hollandale but I don't think I did a very good job of explaining why it is so important to me. In fact, I imagine that some readers (all two of you) will probably be even more confused as to why this small... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e54cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e54cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c74cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c74cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c74cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 May 2006 00:26:00 -0700 “I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.” William Faulkner In 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt was hunting on the outskirts of Hollandale when hi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c74cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c74cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062b56a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062b56a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062b56a47.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 May 2006 15:25:00 -0700 Values I asked each of my interview subjects what the people of Hollandale valued: “Money,” said Ms. Bibb. “Everyone values money.” “The values of this community? Morally bankrupt,” said Mr. Burford. “People care,” said Ms. Richmond. “I’m not ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062b56a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062b56a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 May 2006 23:24:00 -0700 “The Lower Mississippi Delta Region... is presently chained by the bonds of illiteracy, poverty, and prejudice.”
Dr. Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General “I was sitting outside the library my freshman year at Ole Miss,” said Michelle Johnson, a 2... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e64cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669697be2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669697be2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669697be2b.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 18 May 2006 15:23:00 -0700 “Integration caused a deterioration in Hollandale,” said Mr. Sanders, a black man. “We integrated, but not really, and that was the beginning of the end.” In 1969 the Hollandale Minority Foundation, run by Mr. Sanders’ father, T.R. Sanders, opene... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669697be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669697be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4463685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4463685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4463685e.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 17 May 2006 15:31:00 -0700 Each year we give out t-shirts to the new group of Mississippi Teacher Corps participants. It has our logo (thanks to Allison Litten, Class of 2000) on the front, and an outline of Mississippi on the back. Inside the outline we put everyone's name... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4463685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4463685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ca4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ca4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ca4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 17 May 2006 15:21:00 -0700 “When I was young we had a movie theater. The blacks sat upstairs.”
Howard Sanders, Retired Superintendent of Hollandale The Holland Family founded Hollandale in the 1870’s. The town was founded on the banks of Deer Creek to take advantage of the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ca4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ca4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a26a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a26a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a26a47.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 May 2006 01:20:00 -0700 It takes about $5,000 to win an election in the Delta.”
Reggie Barnes, Former Superintendent of Cleveland There are two means of power: money and influence. In Hollandale, the whites have the money and the blacks have the influence. With African... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a26a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a26a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>