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Campus Event: Louder Than A Bomb Screening
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Camden High Hoops and Local Knowledge
I’m a basketball junkie, having played myself first at DeMatha and later at UPenn. So I don’t need an excuse to go see good high school hoops. But combining my love of basketball with my love of seeing community in action? Last night, that proved irresistible and I made my first trip to Camden High … Continue reading Camden High Hoops and Local Knowledge…
Policies as Package Deals
My colleague Dr. Andrew Seligsohn’s treatise on the strengths of a regional approach (i.e. Metro Police) to the drug issue in Camden sparked a bit of a discussion in the comments section (which I love to see). That discussion touched on one of the issues I find most critical in the discussion of current urban … Continue reading Policies as Package Deals…
Camden Chatter: Locked out of the Board of Ed
“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!
Community Voice: A Retired Teacher Speaks Out
We’ve had a lot of discussion here about education policy over the last few weeks, so I thought it was important to share this letter from a former teacher (who asked to remain anonymous) because it speaks of the day-to-day. Too often that gets lost in policy discussions. I found it both heartbreaking and inspiring: … Continue reading Community Voice: A Retired Teacher Speaks Out…