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Special Report on the closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy
Several weeks ago, we had a really good discussion here on the site about the proposed closing of the Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant and parenting teens in Detroit. One of those most engaged in the conversation was my old friend Pete, who is presently a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, at the […]
Posted in Economics, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Anthony Weiner, Asenath Andrews, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Detroit Public School Board, Detroit Public Schools, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Freewheel Burning, high school, Pete Larson, public education, public school challenges, school closure, teen pregnancy 22 Comments
The life of Jane Mecom…. Suggested reading for all Tea Partiers
Harvard professor Jill Lepore, the author of The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History, has a brilliant op-ed in today’s New York Times on the life of Benjamin Franklin’s sister, Jane Mecom. It should be required reading for anyone who ever attended a Tea Party rally and […]
Posted in Economics, History, Other, Politics, Rants Also tagged American history, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franlin, fetishes, founding father fetish, founding fathers, Harvard, Jane Mecom, Jill Lepore, misunderstanding American history, Path to Prosperity, Paul Ryan, Poor Law, poverty, public education, rewriting history, tea party, tricorne hat, women's rights 34 Comments
The closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women
Today I learned about a documentary called Grown in Detroit. Here, according to the website for the film, is what it’s about. Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly african-american, pregnant and parenting teenagers. In Detroit alone, there are annually more than 3,000 pregnant teenagers […]
