My students need a laptop and the ABC video series on the Civil Rights Movement to complete an ongoing civil rights project in partnership with Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Fogel's classroom raised $563
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday passed with no mention at our school and community. I waited for a single student to speak out - but at our school, where we have a 95% African American and Hispanic American population - not a single student mentioned it! We want to change this!
Our school is a Title I school located in one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States.
We are located next to a Bronx jail where there is a daily line of inmates coming in and out. The South Bronx is known more for poverty, crime, drugs, gangs, and failing schools than academic opportunities. In our community, the statistic that the majority of African American males go to prison rather than college rings true. Many of the dreams that Martin Luther King Jr. argued for remain unrealized in our community. The focus on test scores and standardized curriculum have ignored civil rights teachings, and many of the civil rights leaders of history are unknown to our students. How can we change this?
My Project
Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X. Thurgood Marshall. Cesar Chavez. Robert F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy. Gandhi. Abraham Lincoln. These are some of the leading civil rights leaders in history and some of the greatest public speakers as well. But they are not in the curriculum! While the new Common Core, National Standards and all the educational reforms have very valuable benefits - the problem is that they neglect public speaking, landmark civil rights speeches, the civil rights movement, and civil rights leaders. The only reference is an occasional test question, perhaps a couple lessons on their birthday - but that's it. We propose an essay contest for Black History Month so that students can learn, research, and write about famous African Americans. We need laptops for our classroom so students can type, edit, and publish their work. Students will work in groups with each laptop and work on essays together. The winning essays will receive prizes.
"I have a dream!"ÃÂ"Si Se Puede!" "Fourscore and seven years ago!" "By any means necessary!" "Ask not what your country can do, but what you can do for your country." I asked my 9th, 10th and 8th grade students who said these quotes and the vast majority had no idea.
This is tragic but not surprising given the emphasis on standardized testing. So help us bring back the story of the civil rights movement through an essay contest at our school! Thank you!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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