“I Don’t Write that Good”: Strategies for Teaching Developmental English
Developmental writing students enter the course with a variety of writing deficiencies as well as strengths.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Dec 27, 20205 min read
Too Cool for School: Young Teachers and Dress Code Infractions
When did teachers lose their sense of appropriate and inappropriate dress for the classroom? No amount of boob on the job is acceptable.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 5, 20205 min read
The Substitute Teacher Dilemma
Why would an unemployed person decline the opportunity to make money as a substitute teacher? The reasons might astonish some and enlighten.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 3, 20203 min read
10 Books Every Educated Black Student Should Read
Many African American students have not been introduced to the following books or the brilliant authors who wrote them.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Nov 2, 20204 min read
Contextualizing and Decoding Beyonce’s “Becky”
Beyoncé has taken a lot of heat lately for being a powerful, beautiful, talented, wealthy Black woman. Her blackness offends some people.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Academic Degree Abbreviations Decoded
In the workplace, some people decorate their names and titles with multiple abbreviations to indicate earned academic degrees.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Oct 22, 20203 min read
The Insane Mundanity of Violence Against Teachers
Violence against teachers is mundane. It is no longer shocking. Teachers defending themselves against violent attacks is common.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Oct 20, 20203 min read
What is Urban Grammar?
My English teacher sensibilities took a few seconds to fully process what the young lady had just said. I replayed the brief exchange.
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Ashan R. Hampton
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Who is Teaching Our Children?
The children are the future. Are we in big trouble? We can no longer place the onus of education upon public school teachers.
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Ashan R. Hampton
May 14, 20204 min read
Is Common Core Writing Culturally Relevant or Racially Offensive?
Recently, I substituted for a 5th grade class at a relatively middle class elementary school. The school was tucked away in suburbia.
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