tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:10:28 +0000racial discriminationhealthyouth talkpolice and prosecutorseconomyThe StreetpoliticsEducationinfo networklifestylepolitical suicidehood lifeOffbeatmortgagesinnocent projectcredit cardyesteryearBusinessHello WorldTechnologyA place where we can go and share our thoughts, feelings, and experiences about whatever. Sharing the things that are relevant to us and affect us in different ways will benefit us tremendously over time. Being connected to the world around us, the stories that impact us, and the connectedness between us will never be the same.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-8984342181116325241Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:49:00 +00002014-01-17T07:49:05.143-08:00Fed up with persistently poor student results in Ohio’s eight largest urban school districts, Republican state legislators enacted a law in 1997 allowing charter schools to locate exclusively within the boundaries of the “Big 8” systems. Sixteen years later, charters statewide performed almost exactly the same on most measures of student achievement as the urban schools they were meant to reformhttp://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2014/01/charter-schools-are-failing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-4094913895773020871Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:34:00 +00002014-01-17T07:34:31.294-08:00There are undoubtedly wonderful charter schools in existence, and Americans generally have a favorable opinion of charters, but hardly a week goes by without news of a scandal or a study tarnishing their image. Leading off the charter scandal parade was Pennsylvania, where an auditor general found that the state’s largest charter school pocketed $1.2 million “in improper lease-reimbursement http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2014/01/there-is-illegal-money-to-make-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-6928570806632160863Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:38:00 +00002014-01-16T13:38:18.212-08:00While police generally need a warrant to search you or your property -- during a traffic stop, police only need probable cause to legally search your vehicle. Probable cause means police must have some facts or evidence to believe you're involved in criminal activity. In other words, an officer's hunch without evidence of illegal activity is not enough to legally search your car. Before http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2014/01/smart-ways-to-deal-with-cops-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-4467482975765982241Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:52:00 +00002014-01-16T13:21:03.950-08:00Educationpoliticsracial discrimination This has been the big secret that everyone always knew. Finally, the numbers on classroom disparities are available to the public. Minority students have less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than their counterparts, a new trove of federal data shows, affirming long-held beliefs about disparities in the classroom. Civil rights http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/07/govt-releases-report-on-disparities-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-4827890211363260191Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:46:00 +00002012-07-14T19:52:50.805-07:00mortgagesracial discrimination Wells Fargo Bank will pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that it discriminated against African-American and Hispanic borrowers in violation of fair-lending laws, the Justice Department announced on July 12, 2012.Read the full story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/07/wells-fargo-agrees-to-pay-175-million.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brothers Connected)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-2111757261845225299Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:18:00 +00002012-03-08T07:32:33.521-08:00EducationpoliticsThanks to Boostup.org, everyone can see the percentage of student dropouts by race in every state of the Unites States. Unfortunately, there are 7,000 dropouts every day in America. School reforms have clearly not worked over the past decades. There is an average of approximately 31% of the students in the United States that are dropping out of school. It is unacceptable for only 2/3 of the http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/03/nevada-state-drop-out-statistics-blacks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-6535746111999424860Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:01:00 +00002012-03-01T09:08:07.262-08:00police and prosecutorspolitical suicideracial discriminationRichard Cebull's email, obtained by the Great Falls Tribune, reads: "Normally I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine."A joke then follows: "A little boy said to his mother; 'Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white?' His mother replied, 'http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/03/racist-email-sent-by-montanas-chief.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-7139938590015794759Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +00002012-01-23T09:00:29.921-08:00police and prosecutorsracial discriminationA federal complaint has been filed against the NYPD's Itelligence Division over the lack of promotions for Black officers. The compalint has been filed by the NYCLU which is a watchdog group of the New York Police Department.In the Itelligence Division, there are only 35 Black Officers out of 600 and none of the 35 officers rank higher than Sergeant. This means that only 6% of the officers http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/01/ny-police-detectives-accused-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-7575482965529768276Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:45:00 +00002012-01-22T12:36:23.118-08:00racial discriminationThe majority of Blacks are being steered in Bankruptcy Chapter 13 while most Whites are filing for Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy code based on a 2007 Connsumer Bankruptcy Project. Blacks file for Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy code 55%, Whites 29%, Asians 24%, Other 24%, and Hispanics 22%.The vast majority of debtors excluding Blacks file under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which typically allowshttp://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2012/01/blacks-still-face-disparities-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-4567376601793865741Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:14:00 +00002012-01-23T08:33:38.574-08:00police and prosecutorsFlaking is what happens when police plant illegal drugs on innocent people. According to the detective, he saw police officers involved in flaking at all levels of the NYPD including investigators, supervisors, and undercover officers. Read the story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/10/ex-ny-cop-admits-to-flaking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-468646352068578800Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:33:00 +00002012-01-23T08:34:02.567-08:00EducationAn investigation report obtained by the AP through a Freedom of Information Act request describes an atmosphere aboard the USS Memphis that tolerated and even encouraged cheating: Sailors were emailed the answers before qualification exams, took tests outside the presence of proctors and openly asked officers for answer keys. One sailor told investigators that test-takers were encouraged to "use http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/08/cheating-on-tests-even-occurs-in-navy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-7295064601177465080Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:24:00 +00002012-01-23T08:34:13.255-08:00EducationThe experts know that overall school performance is based on how much money a family earns annually. This is why on average, the schools with the most students receiving free or reduced lunch do not perform as well as schools with the least amount of students receiving free or reduced lunch.For many people this explanation is too simplistic; however, there is an international math and reading http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/08/school-success-and-failure-is-mainly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-4424590293296759902Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:23:00 +00002012-01-23T08:35:15.023-08:00EducationStudents should always focus on doing the best that they can in school. A student's best should always be good enough. As a matter of fact, there are individuals in America that have reached the highest levels of their profession despite being an a below average college student.One person who comes to mind is Governor Rick Perry of Texas. He is actually in his second term and managing one of the http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/08/you-can-become-governor-and-run-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-3707852107336031628Fri, 27 May 2011 20:57:00 +00002011-05-27T13:58:29.465-07:00EducationWho would ever guess that 67% or 2/3 of students at top colleges in America are from the Elite class? Only 15% of the students come from the middle and lower class in America. The argument is being made that these percentages are a major reason why the system in America makes it very difficult for someone to move up from one economic class to another one. Read the full story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-colleges-largely-for-well-off-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-7706174981591203563Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:39:00 +00002011-01-28T10:46:20.520-08:00EducationIf an elementary school teacher graded you on your involvement in your child's education, what kind of a grade would you get? Should your kid's first-grade teacher be grading you in the first place? If Florida state Rep. Kelli Stargel's bill becomes law, public school teachers will be required to grade the parents of students in kindergarten through the third grade. The parents' grades of "http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/florida-politician-introduces-bill-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-3401294622061180394Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:04:00 +00002011-01-28T10:37:22.968-08:00EducationPennsylvania's McCaskey East High School located in Lancaster has come up with a controversial plan to help the school's black students: to segregate them.The policy applies only to homeroom, which meets each day for six minutes and once a week for 20 minutes, and was intended to help close the school's racial achievement gap. Read the full story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/pa-school-segregates-students-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-2746986485521843321Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:46:00 +00002011-01-28T10:00:04.776-08:00EducationOhio mother of two Kelley Williams-Bolar was released from jail on Wednesday after serving nine days for falsifying records so that her two daughters could attend a better school.Williams-Bolar was convicted by a jury of using her father's address to claim residency status that would allow her children to attend a higher-performing suburban school.While her sentence was light in terms of jail http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/mother-of-two-convicted-of-felony-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-2467959132480335733Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:12:00 +00002011-01-25T07:35:57.419-08:00police and prosecutorsThe StreetJanet Huckabee, the wife of former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee, was recently involved in a multi-car traffic accident that later sparked an argument with the officer who appeared on the scene.The Tolbert Report provides a transcript for part of the conversation which is posted below. They also provide information about how the incident was http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/she-argues-with-police-and-is-neither.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-6821832581329398035Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:29:00 +00002011-01-19T07:39:12.209-08:00hood liferacial discriminationThe StreetIn Spokane, Washington the FBI offered a reward Tuesday for information about a potentially lethal bomb found in a backpack along the downtown route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.The discovery before Monday's parade for the slain civil rights leader raised the possibility of a racial motive in a region that has been home to the white supremacist Aryan Nations. Read the full story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/bomb-found-on-route-of-martin-luther.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-6964684323333306127Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:46:00 +00002011-01-25T07:45:31.157-08:00EducationA lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:• attend a sleepover• have a http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-asian-mothers-are-superior.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-1052249267397963177Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:14:00 +00002011-01-14T10:57:38.801-08:00economyEducationBased on many sources of information, a generation of lawyers face the toughest job market in decades. Since 2008, some 15,000 attorney and legal-staff jobs at large firms have vanished, according to a Northwestern Law study. Associates have been laid off, partners nudged out the door and recruitment programs have been scaled back or eliminated. And with corporations scrutinizing their legal http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/incredible-shrinking-value-of-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-2800718675413875702Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-01-13T09:20:12.150-08:00Educationracial discriminationLast year in 2009, 21 Oxbridge colleges did not offer admission to a single black student. The worst offender is Oxford college, Merton, which has admitted no black students n the last five years and just one in the last decade. Cambridge accepted six, according to the Daily Mail.The racial disparity at the schools extends to Cambridge's faculty as well. There are no black people among the more http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/oxford-cambridge-fail-to-admit-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-7746156917038150331Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:22:00 +00002011-01-13T08:55:45.419-08:00EducationHarvard researcher, Michael Hurwitz studied the legacy advantage at undergraduate institutions in America and found that it is a bigger issue than previously reported.Read about the research in the Chronicle of Higher Education.According to his research, those who are considered to be primary legacies -- applicants whose parent obtained an undergraduate degree from the institution -- have an http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/affirmative-action-for-elite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-6935359442938793651Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:58:00 +00002011-01-13T08:15:04.090-08:00hood lifepoliticsThe StreetThe only black Republican Party district chairman in Arizona resigned from his post in the wake of Saturday's shooting, citing threats from the Tea Party faction and concerns for his family's safety.Republican District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller was not the only party official to resign following the shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and ahttp://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2011/01/african-american-gop-official-resigns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037551317257733113.post-1689525300242337220Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:03:00 +00002010-10-28T08:14:21.562-07:00mortgagesTam Doan says that he didn't have time to actually read the paperwork he was signing, and in some cases, he didn't even know what documents he was putting his pen to.It only took him a second to sign each foreclosure document.That's how good Tam Doan got at his job in Bank of America's pre-sale foreclosure department in Southern California. Read the full story.http://brothersconnected.blogspot.com/2010/10/foreclosure-robo-signer-speaks-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0