Drew Mississippi and Drew School District: A Long Way from the Days of Archie “Who” Manning: Education and Culture in the Abyss By Huckleberry Ed Huckleberry Ed remembers his first trip to Drew as a youngster. It was for Archie Manning Day in 1971; the legendary baseball great, Dizzy Dean, who married a Bond, Mississippi […]
Drew Mississippi and Drew School District: A Long Way from the Days of Archie “Who” Manning: Education and Culture in the Abyss
June 23, 2011 15 Comments
Lack of Student Empathy
January 20, 2011 7 Comments
By HUCKLEBERRY ED (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Huckleberry Ed heard a story last week from a young, idealistic, but-not-naïve teacher (we will call him Mr. Chips) in the public school system. His story rang as true as an old Big Ben alarm clock. Huckleberry Ed saw it in the public schools on a daily basis, and it […]
Chaos In The Classroom
December 16, 2010 4 Comments
By Huckleberry Ed (Clarksdale, Mississippi) In Huckleberry Ed’s estimation, one of the most severe problems and hurdles to overcome in properly educating a child today in the Mississippi Delta and all over America has to do with utter chaos in the classroom and the home. Too many students live in houses void of silence, order, […]
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