PSRP Spotlight: Daniel Solomon
Every month this school year, BMORE will be placing a spotlight on a different PSRP (Paraprofessional & School Related Personnel, "para") to highlight their amazing work. PSRPs are leaders who make classrooms go, and are the most underappreciated educators in Baltimore City Public Schools. The second in our series is Daniel Solomon, an ESOL paraeducator who is a parent liaison/translator at Moravia Park Elementary School and Patterson High School, as well as where ever he is
Rebutting the BTU Leadership’s Scare Tactics to Keep Voting Inaccessible
Since successfully submitting over 840 petition signatures from educators around the city demanding more accessible means of voting on contracts and union leadership, the Baltimore Teachers Union Leadership has fought tooth and nail against the voices of its own membership. Below we will tackle their misleading claims about our constitutional amendment point by point. 1. Our current method of voting is “effective”! DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. It is a shocking thing to say that a syst
Voting Should Be The Easiest Thing a Person Does
As a high school US History teacher much of my time is spent discussing our country’s history of inequality and disenfranchisement. It’s the most frequent recurring theme in American history. Recently in a discussion on the movie 13th and the Reconstruction Amendments, I explained that taking the rights away from citizens or being hesitant to give full rights to others rarely happens in a vacuum and is often brought about from a nefarious desire to control and subject. Reflec
