Who Suspends the Highest Percentage of Camden Students? Freedom Prep

There’s a growing consensus that suspending students is extremely problematic. The American Education Research Association sums up the research and critiques with two succinct tweets (h/t Keith Benson, who pointed me towards these):  Researchers have found that being suspended or expelled tripled the risk of involvement with juvenile justice. #AERALectures— AERA (@AERA_EdResearch) April 12, 2017 … Continue reading Who Suspends the Highest Percentage of Camden Students? Freedom Prep

Camden Chatter: City Sees Few Pilgrims

Each week, Ph.D. Candidate and Camden resident Rasheda Weaver will be sharing a post with us. Here’s her latest, on the papal visit:  Share it!

What to Make of Camden’s Social Media Activists?

I’ve long made a habit of following some of the emerging voices on social media in Camden. Part of that was because during my research in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, those voices famously emerged. Ashley Morris and his famous (not safe for work) FYYFF post was later memorialized on David Simon’s Tremé (also not safe … Continue reading What to Make of Camden’s Social Media Activists?

Camden Chatter: CMD responds to Ferguson, Eric Garner

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers students on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. This article is authored by PhD Candidate Rasheda Weaver. Here are her thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Please “like” the Local Knowledge Blog on Facebook! Share it!

Camden Chatter: Thanksgiving Redux

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers students on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. This article is authored by Ph.D. Candidate Rasheda Weaver. Here are her thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Please “like” the Local Knowledge Blog on Facebook!Share it!