DR. LORRAINE MONROE, President and CEO, of The Lorraine Monroe
Leadership Institute (LMLI) was the founding principal of the renowned
Frederick Douglass Academy, a highly successful middle and high school
in Central Harlem. Dr. Monroe translates her extensive experiences in
the New York City public schools-as teacher, dean, assistant principal,
principal and Deputy Chancellor for Curriculum and Instruction-into the
guiding set of principles that define the work of the Lorraine Monroe
Leadership Institute. Dr. Monroe's groundbreaking work has been featured
on 60 Minutes, Tony Brown's Journal, The McCreary Report with Bill
McCreary, the Tom Snyder Show and in national and international print
media including The New York Times, Ebony, The Reader's Digest, Fast
Company and Parade magazines.
In 1991, Dr. Lorraine Monroe founded the Frederick Douglass Academy, a
public school in Harlem, in the belief that caring instructors, a
disciplined but creative environment, and a refusal to accept mediocrity
could transform the lives of inner-city kids. Her experiment was a huge
success. Today the Academy is one of the finest schools in the country,
sending graduates to Ivy League colleges and registering the third
highest SAT scores in New York City. The key to its success: a unique
leadership method Monroe calls the "Monroe Doctrine," which she
developed through decades as a teacher and principal in some of
America's toughest schools.
Dr. Monroe's moving tribute to the power of education to transform
children's lives- Nothing's Impossible: Leadership Lessons from Inside
and Outside the Classroom-has been translated into Swedish, Finnish, and
Taiwanese. In her book, The Monroe Doctrine: An ABC Guide to What Great
Bosses Do, Dr. Monroe draws lessons from her experiences as educator
that are applicable for leaders in all walks of life.
Dr. Monroe is a powerful keynote speaker and highly effective consultant
who has shared her messages about how to educate all children well with
tens of thousands of educators in almost all of the fifty states in the U.S. and
also shared her experiences internationally in Jamaica and throughout the West Indies, Sweden, Norway, New
Zealand, Tanzania, Canada, and South America.
Dr. Monroe has
earned degrees from Hunter College, Bank Street College of
Education, and Columbia University Teachers College . In addition,
Dr. Monroe has received six honorary degrees from Trinity College,
Hunter College, Mt. Holyoke College, Long Island University, Hofstra
University and Brown University.
Sources:mtholyoke.edu, MSU.edu (Michigan State Univ.), Dr. Lorraine-Monroe Leadership Institute
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
3 teen girls forced into prostituition
A 39-year-old man has been criminally charged with sex trafficking
after St. Louis County police say he forced three teenage girls into
prostitution in north St. Louis County.
Anton Morris of the 11600 block of Fox Hall Lane was charged Monday (4/29/2013) with two counts of sexual trafficking of a child and one count of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
Morris lured a 16-year-old girl into prostitution on April 15, and advertised her services on the Internet as a prostitute, according to court documents.
This is a disgrace to African Americans everywhere. There is no excuse for this middle-aged man to be hanging around and being involved with teenagers. Unless an adult is a chaperone there is no need to hang out with girls who are old enough to be his daughter. I am disturbed by this incident because I have an 18-year-old daughter who just went to prom this past April 27, 2013. My daughter did not get picked up by her prom date but instead she and three of her female friends were driven to prom by an adult chaperone and driven back home safely. Now, let's take a look at the Merriam-Webster definition of the word chaperone.
Chaperone - an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior; broadly : one delegated to ensure proper behavior.
For the full article (click the link) STLtoday.com
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| Anton Mark Morris has a $100,000 cash-only bond |
Anton Morris of the 11600 block of Fox Hall Lane was charged Monday (4/29/2013) with two counts of sexual trafficking of a child and one count of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
Morris lured a 16-year-old girl into prostitution on April 15, and advertised her services on the Internet as a prostitute, according to court documents.
This is a disgrace to African Americans everywhere. There is no excuse for this middle-aged man to be hanging around and being involved with teenagers. Unless an adult is a chaperone there is no need to hang out with girls who are old enough to be his daughter. I am disturbed by this incident because I have an 18-year-old daughter who just went to prom this past April 27, 2013. My daughter did not get picked up by her prom date but instead she and three of her female friends were driven to prom by an adult chaperone and driven back home safely. Now, let's take a look at the Merriam-Webster definition of the word chaperone.
Chaperone - an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior; broadly : one delegated to ensure proper behavior.
For the full article (click the link) STLtoday.com
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Drive-thru pranks
This is something to lighten the day because it is not all that serious all the time (well maybe for some people). I think it is OK to get a good laugh in to lighten the mood every now and then.
P.S.
( This guy has a nice hidden camera! )
P.S.
( This guy has a nice hidden camera! )
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
A slum in Nairobi, Kenya offers free schooling
In Kibera, Kenya’s largest
slum, residents struggle to afford food, shelter, clean water, proper
sanitation and decent schools. Girls face the additional challenges of
gender-based discrimination and violence. When money for school fees is
scarce, parents and guardians usually withdraw their daughters from school
before their sons.
The Kibera School for Girls, which offers classes from pre-kindergarten through the fourth grade, aims to help the community understand the value of educating girls. At this school, parents do not pay fees, but a family member must work at the school five weeks a year, as a way of supporting the child’s education. Students are selected based on the two criteria of academic potential and greatest financial need.
The Kibera School for Girls, which offers classes from pre-kindergarten through the fourth grade, aims to help the community understand the value of educating girls. At this school, parents do not pay fees, but a family member must work at the school five weeks a year, as a way of supporting the child’s education. Students are selected based on the two criteria of academic potential and greatest financial need.
Helping women and girls carve
out better lives for themselves is precisely why Kennedy Odede co-founded the
school almost four years ago.
“Growing up in Kibera, we used to go to school [and] you’d find more boys than girls. And that’s something that I really hated, you know?” Kennedy confided. In 2004, Kennedy Odede started a grassroots movement that later became Shining Hope for Communities, a community-run organization in Kibera.
“Growing up in Kibera, we used to go to school [and] you’d find more boys than girls. And that’s something that I really hated, you know?” Kennedy confided. In 2004, Kennedy Odede started a grassroots movement that later became Shining Hope for Communities, a community-run organization in Kibera.
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| A teacher at the Kibera school for girls teaching students in Nairobi, Kenya, March 19, 2013 (J. Craig/VOA) |
Jessica Odede, Shining Hope for Communities
co-founder and chief operating officer, decided with Kennedy that the
school would need to provide value for everyone, regardless of whether they had
a daughter enrolled or not.
Today, Kibera residents can stop by Shining Hope to get subsidized clean water
or to use a sanitary toilet. If they want to learn computer skills, they
can sign up for training. When they’re sick, they can visit the medical
clinic. Women suffering from domestic violence can come here for advice
and assistance.
In my humble opinion, America should
follow the model for the Kibera School for Girls here in the states and educate
the children in low-income high risk communities to reduce crime and violence
in those areas. Tuition can be paid by a family member working at the school
for 5 or 6 weeks out of the academic year. This a marvelous plan to achieve
success not only at the community level but at the national level as well. The unfortunate thing is that America is too concerned about corporate greed, closing schools in low-income areas and the dumbing down of kids and teenagers of all social and economic levels. There is the glorification of violence, non-marital sex, guns, mafia, drugs and gang life bombarding kids and teenagers every second in all media playing non-stop and not just on the TV.
Sources: Associated Press, Voice of America
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Sources: Associated Press, Voice of America
Other related stories: Kenyan President-elect promises to improve people's lives
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