A Thanksgiving Fathers’ Message Can Your Shoulders Handle Your Title? This Thanksgiving, fathers should make sure they re-evaluate their relationships with their children and families. This is a time for giving thanks and appreciation for the blessings they have. Not how much money they have, not what they can buy on Black Friday. Their love, […]

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5000 Role Models and Call Me Mister in Duval County Public Schools “Call Me Mister” from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida attending church services 5000 Role Models and Call Me Mister in Duval County Public Schools The need for qualified male teachers is a serious issue in school systems nationally. Public, private, parochial and in […]

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Call Me Mister, A National Educational Movement by William Jackson, M.Edu. Instructor with Edward Waters College Volunteer with Call Me Mister at Edward Waters College Call Me MISTER National Initiative Mission: “To increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particular among the state’s lowest-performing elementary schools.” The Call Me MISTER […]

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The rapid technology development will lead to massive changes and opportunities in the education system. Today’s classrooms look almost the same as 30 years ago. A teacher stands in front of a classroom explaining facts and ideas, while students sit and listen with the learning materials being mostly physical textbooks or printouts. Some schools eventually […]

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It truly was a fortuitous turn of events that led to the discovery of the most delectable chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had.  Doing what fathead brothers all over America are good for, mine decided to hide in the house one day after school.  Not knowing he’s there and hearing a noise, I quietly look […]

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The Struggle with Educational Equality and Value “One of the most overlooked struggles with obtaining an education is the desire to be educated.” William Jackson, M.Ed. Edward Waters College Since the establishment of an educational system across this nation there have been successes attributed to parental involvement, community role models, proper classroom placement of students, […]

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In my previous post on this topic, I talked about the partnership between Dublin Unified’s Technology Services department & Maintenance and Operation. Partnerships across service providers is very common. I want to share a partnership across three different entities (public, private, non-profit): Dublin Unified Technology Services, Integrity in Action and EWaste Direct who understands the importance of […]

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When the new school year starts, it really does feel like the prior year just ended.  It seems like summer “break” always passes by so quickly, in the blink of an eye, but yet sometimes if you look back on all of the things that you did, it does feel like it was a long time ago […]

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