Community Corner
Marlon James Changes His Mind - Windsor's White Teachers (may not be biased, but they) Have Tempers
In November 2012, Marlon James blamed the achievement gap on the biases of white teachers. In his just released report, he now blames the achievement gap on the tempers of white teachers. Page 19 of the MJLU report states, "Another area of concern that was discussed at length by the students, mostly those on the college level, was the seemingly short temper of some of their teachers. Students disclosed that it was difficult to engage their teachers to help them on class assignments; they were often confronted with reluctance and aggression that would then result in the student being asked to leave the classroom." So now the word is temper, rather than biased. And, this is an aggressive temper. .............. As I said months ago, here in Patch land, some view their circumstances from the oppression perspective. Now, Marlon James has clearly stated the perspective he used to evaluate Windsor High School.