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Students at Hamden Middle School take top 9 prizes in OneWorld Essay Competition in May 2008. See details on Mentoring page Students at HMS wrote essays telling about the importance and power of education to transform lives and change the world. Top prizes went to: Jill Clough & Caitlin Hansen (8th Grade) and Kyla DeRisi (7th Grade) Heaven Daluz, 7th Grade, Highville, earned a 3rd prize Control what people know and you can control what they do. Get informed! Learn about "The Power of Education" "Only the educated are free." Epictetus Knowledge is Power! Get Informed! Read! Ask Questions! Listen! Probe! Learn! OPEN Your Mind! Get Enlightened! |
Students, please, do what you NEED to do, so that later in life you can do what you WANT to do. Study! Learn! Expand Your Mind!
Reading is a great way to exercise your mental muscles. June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested when he refused to move from a seat reserved for whites on a train in New Orleans. The case led to the US Supreme Court landmark "Separate but Equal" decision in Plessy versus Ferguson in 1896.
Read more about Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. Go to: www.ibiblio.org/sncc/hamer |
| More about Title 1 Funding: How is Title I funding determined? Title I-- Is a federal entitlement program, allocated on the basis of student enrollment and census poverty and other data. The U.S. Dept of Education distributes these funds to State Education Agencies that in turn, distribute the funds to Local Education Agencies or school districts. Local school districts must allocate the funds to qualifying school campuses based on the number of low-income children in a school. Funding supports Title I Schoolwide Programs and Targeted Assistance Schools, depending on the level of poverty in the school and how the school wants to function. Schoolwide Programs have flexibility in using their Title I funds, in conjunction with other funds in the school, to upgrade the operation of the entire school. Targeted Assistance Schools use Title I funds to focus on helping the students most at risk of academic failure on state assessments. Parental Involvement in Title 1 The law states that parents in Title I schools: 1. Must be a part of developing a written parent involvement policy that is distributed to all parents and to the local community and announced at an annual meeting. 2. Have a right to be involved in the planning and implementation of the parent involvement program in their school. 3. Can receive materials and training for parents and staff to foster greater parent involvement. 4. Must have the opportunity to jointly develop, with school staff, a school-parent compact that outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the state's high standards. OneWorld invites you to help us to build a really great List of Books: The Closing of the American Mind - by Paul Bloom The Mis-Education of the Negro - by Carter G. Woodson Savage Inequalities - Children in America's Schools Ordinary Resurrections by Jonathan. Kozol Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman The 7 Best Things Smart Teens Do. by John C. Freil, Ph.D & Linda D. Freil, M.A. We Strongly Recommend Using The Public Libraries In Your Town Often They offer a wealth of free resources Many libraries sell excellent used books for pennies; these include some great classics and best sellers! For Hamden residents, Miller Library is a treasure-trove of great books, magazines and various other media resources. There is also a branch library on Putnam Ave Every town has at least one main library; check out your lbraries! You do not have a computer? You can sign up to use one at the public library in your town. Some libraries also have book clubs, reading groups and other extracurricular activities for people of all ages. Find and use the educational resources in your town. Check out the PBS stations, and Watch "21st Century Conversations" with N'Zinga Shäni for great programs. OneWorld also sponsors Youth Forums and Debates. Join us! Email: oneworldpi@yahoo.com Education is the "Gateway" to everything positive. Through education can come: 1. A practical and positive vision for the future 2. Knowledge 3. Self-assurance 4. Skills development 5. Financial independence, and 6. True liberation Read, explore what is positive and constructive in your environment. Be all that you can be. Watch "21st Century Conversations" regularly; learn what others have done to succeed. Get a copy of our new and inspiring program titled: "Black Women in Medicine." Learn how three African American women became physicians in a very competitive and challenging career. Meet Dalliah Mashon Black, M.D., Breast Surgeon at Yale. Kim Fletcher, M.D., OB/GYN at Yale and in private practive Vanessa Tyson Bromell, M.D., Internist at Gaylord Hospital Order a copy of the program You will be inspired; I promise. |
Read what Dr. Carter G. Woodson had to say about the importance of education: Visit the Black Think Tank at: http://www.blackthinktank.com/ Send us a list of your top students and their GPA scores for 2007. What are the Education Achievement Gaps? What are the main elements of those Gaps?
2) Why do these gaps exist?
3) Why does it matter that these Gaps do exist?
4) What are the effects/costs of these gaps? The answers to this question are critical; parents, teachers, business and community leaders in every sphere should understand the impact of this question and the answers. Adults, older teens, grandparents - please consider becoming a mentor; you will help children and gain benefits for yourself. Visit :National Institute for Literacy to learn more. OneWorld encourages you to become a mentor for students starting in elementary school. Poor children need mentors to teach them about positive possibilities. |
| Students, we invite you to join our OneWorld Debating Team. OneWorld and its many community volunteers are striving to make a positive difference. The greatest weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Free your mind! Get an education! Retirees --Please join us - Become a Mentor. Students, Get informed! Become Empowered! Take Action! |
NCLB - NAEP, AYP, Title 1 What do these all mean? Do you know? Please find out! See links on the right Students - Do NOT get left behind. Parents - Partner with your Child's School Through education can come: 1. A practical and positive vision for the future.... 2. Knowledge 3. Self-assurance 4. Skills development 5. Financial independence, and 6. True liberation Read, explore what is positive and constructive in your environment. Be all that you can be. Use Opportunities Positively & Wisely! Do NOT Ever Give Up on Your Dream to Excel. Do NOT allow ignorance or macho to get in the way of you learning all that you can. Get an Education! Please see the movie titled: "The Great Debaters" It is based on a true story! |
Students, start a reading group of your own.
The movie "The Great Debaters" opened Dec. 25, 2007 It is the true story of a group of financial poor, but intellectually rich African American students who debated a group of affluent Caucasian students. See this movie! Have you seen the movie titled "Crash," or Hustle & Flow? Good Night and Good Luck? Sister Act? To Kill A Mockingbird? An Inconvenient Truth? The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman?
There are some truly GOOD older movies that merit serious and responsible discussions. We can all learn a great deal by dissecting some of these movies for their messages & intent. Go to the public library and ask for Dr. Martin Luther King's Anti-Poverty and Why I Oppose The War speeches; find them in their written form. Read them!
"Freedom is the expression of the creative life. It is neither an inherent right nor a hard-won value. It is a law of being, lacking which there would be no evolution, no progress, no civilization, only primal chaos set in permanence." Michael W. Manley Former Prime Minister of Jamaica "Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom." Marcus Garvey, author Committed Pan Africanist “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko, South African Martyr Students: Learn about the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Black people have a rich heritage. You can learn a lot more right here: The New York Public Library 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10037-1801 Visit: www.schomburgcenter.org Go to: www.blackinventions101.com Learn about the Jamestown Project at Harvard University Visit: www.jamestownproject.org E-mail: info@jamestownproject.org Suggestions: "The Covenant with Black America" A national plan of action for African-Americans, for Black People. The Covenant In Action The Covenant Curriculum & Study Guide I Dream for You A World - A Covenant for Our Children Strengthening the Family - Our Foundational Covenant (These 4 books are published by The Jamestown Project in 2007) They are intended to put The Covenant into Action. Watch "Like It Is" with Gil Noble on NY Chan 7, Sun. 12N Watch "21st Century Conversations" Visit our TV Schedule Page As a six year- old growing up in Jamaica, my great-grandmother (Ellen Elizabeth Clarke) taught me this poem: "Labour for learning before you grow old For learning is better than silver and gold Silver and gold will vanish away, But a good education will NEVER decay." N'Zinga S. Shäni |
| Our Motto: "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." Education is light. Click this link. Learn about "The Power of Education" |
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| This is OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc., NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) Page for Parents and Students. What exactly is No Child Left Behind (NCLB) all about? Parental Involvement: No Child Left Behind requires schools to develop ways to get parents more involved in their child's education and in improving the school. Contact your child's school to find out how you can get involved. OneWorld, Inc., encourages parents to walk into their child's school and ask - what can I do to help? Education is a 24-hour process. Children learn as much outside of school as they do in school. Mentoring pageMeasuring Knowledge: No Child Left Behind requires states to test your child in reading and math every year in grades 3-8. Your child will also be tested at least once in high school. The tests will help you, your child, and your child's teachers know how well your child is learning and when he or she needs extra help. (OneWorld, Inc., remind's you that this is intended to adequately prepare your child) Title I — Is the largest Federal Education Program in the USA. This is the part of No Child Left Behind that supports programs in schools and school districts to improve the learning of children from low-income families. The U.S. Dept. of Education (says it) provides Title I funds to states to give to school districts based on the number of children from low-income families in each district. Visit www.centerforparentleadership.org/nclba1.pdf to learn more. State Assessments — This refers to the tests developed by your state that your child will take every year in grades 3-8 and at least once in high school. Using these tests, the state will be able to compare schools to each other and know which ones need extra help to improve. Contact your child's school or district to find out more details about your state's tests. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) — This is the term No Child Left Behind uses to explain that your child's school has met state reading and math goals. Your school district's report card will let you know whether or not your child's school has made AYP. School in Need of Improvement — This is the term No Child Left Behind uses to refer to schools receiving Title I funds that have not met state reading and math goals (AYP) for at least two years. If your child's school is labeled a "school in need of improvement," (according to the NCLB guidelines) it will receive extra help to improve, and your child has the option to transfer to another public school, including a public charter school. Also, your child may be eligible to receive free tutoring and extra help with schoolwork. Contact your child's school district to find out if your child qualifies for these extra help. Teacher Quality: No Child Left Behind provides funding to help teachers learn to be better teachers. This complements CT's Teacher Training Program. You can find more information at these sites; please visit: Resources from US Department of Education
http://www.nclb.gov/next/stats/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/parents/parentfacts.html
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/importance/difference/connecticut.pdf
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Learn Why Some Schools Fail to Teach Our Children Call (203) 500-6429 to learn more about Teach Our Children CT Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) promotes great schools for all. Visit: www.conncan.org/ to learn more |
Parents, teachers, business organizations, advocates for education and community leaders need to form active and committed partnerships to close the achievement gap in education. We all have a vested interest in doing this. Who Is Fannie Lou Hamer? Learn About this Dynamic and Courageous Woman from Mississippi. Her legacy lives. www.ibiblio.org/sncc/hamer Read the testimony of Mrs. Hamer. http://www.fannielouhamer.info/fannie_lou_hamer.html Learn about the Voices for Freedom. If you ever contemplate dropping out of high school, go to this site first. Learn about the price paid for you to be able to get an education. Above all, value yourself; fulfill your potential!
Notable Education-related Quotations: 1. “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." John F. Kennedy 2. “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” JFK 3. “For over three hundred years the white man has been our oppressor, and he naturally is not going to liberate us to the higher freedom—the truer liberty—the truer Democracy. We have to liberate ourselves” - Marcus Garvey 4. “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Steven Biko, South African Martyr 5. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” Diogenes 6. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela 7. “Stand on your own two black feet and fight like hell for your place in the world.” – Amy Jacques Garvey |
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB)!
Click here: Study examines how black boys are
treated in school
By Yasmin Tara Rammohan, Medill News Service, May 13, 2007
- WHAT IS THIS LAW ABOUT? DO YOU KNOW?
- ARE YOU AFFECTED BY IT? IF SO, HOW?
- Here are some links to informative web sites on NCLB
- www.nea.org
- http://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/info.htm
- http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2002/07/07242002.
html - Find a great conversational debate by two experts in education and NCLB
- http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-
dustup26nov26,0,6847077,full.story
Click here: Study examines how black boys are
treated in school
By Yasmin Tara Rammohan, Medill News Service, May 13, 2007
Your Attention PLEASE - In-School Suspensions Mandated in CT! In 2006, 77,000 CT students had out-of-school suspensions! The CT Legislature recently passed a bill which mandates in-school suspensions. (This is intended to help students who constantly get into trouble. Maybe if they had to stay in school for suspensions, there will be less suspensions given out). The State says: Stay in school. David Larson, executive director of the CT Association of Public Schools Supts., opposes the bill as "another unfunded mandate," and accuses the legislature of trying to micro-manage the schools. Elizabeth Brown, CT Commission on Children, and George Coleman, interim commissioner of education, support the bill. As a parent, a teacher, a student, a tax payer, a community leader, what do you think about this bill? Go to our "Close The Education Gap" page to learn more. Order a copy of our 1-hr TV program on this or any other topic we have covered on a television program. Let us hear from you; send us an email to: oneworldpi@yahoo.com Call us at 203 -407-0250 -- Leave your contact information. Get involved with OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc. We are all about health literacy, education at every level, and helping to develop what is best and most positive in our community. |
Cost of Education versus Cost of Prison!
Is this really a choice we want to make?
From all of the reliable data we have, in 2005 it costs between
$9,207 and $10, 385 per year to educate a child in CT. See
Connecticut Fact Sheet
Study Title: "Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in
Connecticut" - Date Completed: June 2005
It costs between $35 and $50,000 to imprison someone (based
upon the facility in which he or she has to be housed).
CT spends between $35,000 & $50K per year per
prisoner
http://www.cga.ct.gov/pri/archives/2000fireportchap5.htm
Are our schools becoming the prison pipeline?
Is this really a choice we want to make?
From all of the reliable data we have, in 2005 it costs between
$9,207 and $10, 385 per year to educate a child in CT. See
Connecticut Fact Sheet
Study Title: "Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in
Connecticut" - Date Completed: June 2005
It costs between $35 and $50,000 to imprison someone (based
upon the facility in which he or she has to be housed).
CT spends between $35,000 & $50K per year per
prisoner
http://www.cga.ct.gov/pri/archives/2000fireportchap5.htm
Are our schools becoming the prison pipeline?
- What are our priorities in CT?
- Of the number of Black males who entired 9th
grade in CT high school in 2000, - 59% graduated!
- 82% of white males who entered in 2000
graduated! A 23% difference! WHY is this so?
Learn All that you can about NCLB Visit some of the web sites listed In CT, 59 percent of the black males who entered 9th grade in 2000 graduated from 12th grades 4 years later; 82 percent of white males did. What are the reasons why? How can we change this NOW? |
If we think the cost of education on
our community & society is HIGH
Please calculate & assess the cost
of: Ignorance!
Low self-esteem!
Hopelessness!
Calculate the cost of bigotry &
racism on us as a society!
Calculate the cost of lost potential!
N'Zinga Shäni, Executive Director
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.
We produce and present informative TV
programs; find our "21st Century
Conversations" on your local access station.
If you cannot find our program, please call the
station and ask for "21st Century Conversation"
Thank you for your interest in our work.
our community & society is HIGH
Please calculate & assess the cost
of: Ignorance!
Low self-esteem!
Hopelessness!
Calculate the cost of bigotry &
racism on us as a society!
Calculate the cost of lost potential!
N'Zinga Shäni, Executive Director
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc.
We produce and present informative TV
programs; find our "21st Century
Conversations" on your local access station.
If you cannot find our program, please call the
station and ask for "21st Century Conversation"
Thank you for your interest in our work.
You Can Be Anything YOU
Want to Be If You Work At IT!
Want to Be If You Work At IT!