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One team experienced technical difficulties—but remained unflappable. Another used impressive primary research; still another included extensive background on competitors; but the team that won presented the most actionable solution of all.
Shorters, founder and CEO of BMe Community, an organization reframing the narrative around black men, was selected for the honor in 2015. Although not an educator, Shorters recognizes how essential schools and education are to community building.
But recently, a team of researchers at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies led by Professor Tyrone Howard has challenged that singular portrayal. It’s not that they believe the data is inaccurate. It’s that it is incomplete and fails to account for the success and achievement of young men of color.
How is MC2 similar to the work of Shorters and the UCLA researchers? It uses an assets-based learning profile for each student, and recognizes that each one has strengths as well as weaknesses.
