http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2006/07/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:34:00 -0700 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5693c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5693c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5693c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:34:00 -0700 “Why do they call it a war? Wars end.” Quote from The Wire. “The Wire,” a TV cop show on HBO, is, in my humble opinion, the best TV drama of all time. The quote above refers to the War on Drugs. The Mississippi Teacher Corps deals more with the W... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5693c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5693c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:08:00 -0700 So how do we define poverty? Is it subsistence? Do I have access to enough food to survive? Is it the basics? Do I have access to housing and shelter? Is it income? Do I have disposable income? The measure the U.S. uses is based on a formula d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c44cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4476685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4476685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4476685e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:56:00 -0700 Here's a 2004 article about another Delta school that jumped up a few levels (hat tip to Cathy Hayden). School rebounds 3 levels in 1 year ·Maintaining staff key to staying at Level 4, says Ruleville principal By Cathy Hayden chayden@clarionled... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4476685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4476685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446d685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446d685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446d685e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:03:00 -0700 Interesting article in today's Clarion-Ledger, by Cathy Hayden, about the schools in North Bolivar improving dramatically. One of our teachers, Mason Cole, teaches at North Bolivar. His blog is here. Here is a blog by a TFA teacher at the elemen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446d685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446d685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4460685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4460685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4460685e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:50:00 -0700 I've been doing some research on poverty for a presentation in the fall and I have come across some depressing statistics. Here are three: one local; one national; and one global. Local: The per capita income in Arcola, MS is $6,827. This is roug... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4460685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4460685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669698be2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669698be2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669698be2b.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:24:00 -0700 In the last post I touched on the difference between poverty in a mid-sized city like Jackson and poverty in the Delta. Here is a great, two-part, NPR story on Belzoni, Mississippi. Accompanying article written by Anderson Heston, MTC Class of 2... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669698be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669698be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a96a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a96a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a96a47.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:20:00 -0700 Watched NBC's special on Lanier High School on Sunday evening. I was struck by one comment in particular. An African-American woman from Jackson, who graduated from Harvard 30 years ago, said something to the effect of, "I never imagined, 30 years... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a96a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062a96a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4478685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4478685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4478685e.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:17:00 -0700 What advice do you have for our new teachers? • Thank you for helping me pass summer school. • Keep doing what you doing they can teach • Do what you do • Just help all the students more. • They were some very interested teachers and the taught a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4478685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4478685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55b3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55b3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55b3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:12:00 -0700 What changes would you like to see made in the summer school: • That thay would not see me at summer school no more. • Just let us take our skill from our test and les us on out of summer school • Nothing it was fine • If the class was longer • M... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55b3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55b3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4462685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4462685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4462685e.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:52:00 -0700 We gave all the students at the MTC/Holly Springs Summer School an anonymous evaluation. Here are selected comments from the "Strengths of the Summer School" question: Strengths of the summer school: • The summer school was fun but I don’t want t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4462685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4462685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>