Buffalo, NY Schools: At the Crossroads

Monday, January 30, 2017

Buffalo Board Members Go on Record Opposing DeVos Appointment

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January 30, 2017 Chairman Lamar Alexander, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee 455 Dirksen Bldg Washington, DC 20510 ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

Secret and Unequal! Don’t Believe the Lie!

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So, the Buffalo News has decided to take the six School Board member majority to task, as does Board member Larry Quinn, for supposedly ho...
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Monday, December 5, 2016

After the Election: An Opportunity for Teachable Moments

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The 2016 Presidential campaign was the most negative, divisive campaign in recent memory.  The winning candidate openly threatened groups o...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

The Night a Reality Show Celebrity Became President of the United States of America

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Election night! It wasn’t a very good night.  In fact, it was a very, very, very bad night – sleepless and filled with troubled thoughts a...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

Words Matter, Mr. Paladino!

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This weekend a School Board member made national news when he went on the record to express his views/opinions about our President’s religi...
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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Revisiting ELA and Math 2016

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It’s that time of year again.  Last Friday, the New York State Commissioner of Education released the results of the annual English Languag...
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Journalistic Malpractice: A Few Observations About the School Board Elections

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Day after day after day, leading up to Tuesday’s school board election, articles in the Buffalo News predicted an Armageddon if certain can...
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Barbara Seals Nevergold, PhD is a lifelong educator, who taught in the Buffalo Schools, the University at Buffalo and SUNY Empire State College. In 1999, she co-founded the Uncrowned Queens Institute and has worked to create a model for the reclamation, preservation and dissemination of the biographic histories of African American women and men. The Institute’s signature digital archive is at www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com. Dr. Nevergold is co-author of the book series, "Uncrowned Queens: African American women community builders", and "Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady" (SUNY Press, 2009). The book features a compilation of letters and poems to First Lady, Michelle Obama from 100 women throughout the United States and Africa. The book received the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Dr. Nevergold was elected Board President in 2013 her second year on the Board. She was elected to a full five-year term on May 6, 2014. This Blog reflects the personal views of Dr. Nevergold and is not intended to represent the Buffalo Board of Education.
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