Tag: education
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Board of Ancestors| John Dewey on Experience and Philosophy
Reflections on American Education Philosophy Board of Ancestors is a blog series, where I reflect on my role models, my philosophical influences and inspiring peers. It’s part of our Meet the Founder Series. Dewey places himself in the middle of the debate regarding the American education system during the 20thcentury. Dewey urges readers to step…
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Board of Ancestors| A Cooper, a Du Bois, and an Emerson Log into a Chat
Reflections on American Education Philosophies, how they align and differ on the aims of liberal education? During their lives all three thinkers saw a country grew westward, the laws change around who is considered human and an entire country nearly go up in flames due to interstate conflict (civil war, reconstruction, etc.) As the nation…
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Board of Ancestors| Anna J Cooper + The Relationship between Our Reasoning, Feelings, Actions, and Education
Reflections on Anna J. Cooper’s Educational Philosophy on reason, emotions and action. Anna Julia Cooper’s education philosophy centers on the importance of empathy. In the context of education and society more broadly, Cooper discusses the role of “feeling” being an improvement to educational quality rather than a handicap. This directly contrasts the western philosophy of…
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Board of Ancestors | Reflections on W.E.B DuBois and the “Spiritual Strivings” of Black Folk
Anyone of substance in my life, that is anyone I care to share my deepest philosophies with know my deep admiration for the thoughts and woks of WEB DuBois. Du Bois’s Soul of Black Folks is an attempt to coalesce multiple disciplines into a series of essays. Soul of Black Folks is part historical text,…
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Board of Ancestors | Reflections Ralph Waldo Emerson American Self-Awareness & Self-Reliance
Enough is not said about the role self-awareness places in serving and leading. Too often leaders are made legendary for the ways they express extraordinary forms of “leadership.” Michael Jordan is a considered the GOAT, by millions; and with more accolades than we can name, Jordan has earned the lore, but leadership can’t just be…
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Board of Ancestors |Ralph Waldo Emerson: Artifacts of Knowledge
Reflections on an American Scholar “We are not meant to obsess over the literal word of the Bible, as much are we meant to see the divine teach lesson via the soul, through the expression of man in art, music, the spoken word. The lessons of courage, piety, love, wisdom.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (The…
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Briefly about my Brief: Big Data in Education (P.2)
A PEAK INTO THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE Part 2: Some Good News, Big Data is Texas is Big Background: This is my second post discussing the early lessons from my research with NYU Metro Center on Big Data in Public Education. If you’re not sure what Big Data is, or how it can be “in” education,…
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Briefly about my Brief: Big Data in Education (P.1)
a peak into the national Landscape Part 1: What is Big Data? Since 2015, I have been exploring the connections between BIG DATA + EDUCATION + SOCIAL JUSTICE. My research primarily focuses on big data’s role in public education particularly how it impact black and brown communities. Most recently I’ve partnered with NYU Metro Center…