Poor and Ineffective Management in Capital E.: Truth About America’S Educational System

By Michael B. Miller Sr.

This is a book that discusses and researches all the good, bad, and ugly that goes on in our educational system in America. There is so much corruption, prejudice, politics, and discrimination which make up our educational system. Education is our key to success, but many people who run our educational system make it our road to hell. I have had some of the best teachers in education, and Ive been blessed to have a few good managers in education for over twenty years, but the truth still remains education as we know it today needs a serious face lift and it need to be reconstructed in a way where people can learn, and
employees will not feel threatened, or less than human.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483667607

Michael B. Miller Sr.

Michael is an innovator, motivator and someone who has dedicated his life to serving others. Michael has been working in higher education for over 20 years. He started out as a peer advisor at Malcolm X College in 1991, which was the starting point for his ability to assist and provide educational services to individuals who wanted to further their education. He gave students the proper tools to transfer over to a baccalaureate institution. Most of his experience in education has been in one of the City Colleges of Chicago. Even though Michael Miller truly believes, he has found his calling in assisting people with furthering their education he also had other talents and interest. After earning an Associate of Arts degree at Malcolm X College, and working on the award winning Malcolm X Press newspaper he went on to earn a B.A. Degree in radio broadcasting at Columbia College in Chicago. During this time, he also became active in the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ). While being a part of this organization he acted as a mentor to kids who were inspiring to be journalists. Michael has written many articles, which have been published in newspapers in the Chicago land area on issues that affect the lives of African Americans, and other ethnics groups. Michael’s accomplishments continue to evolve. He has sat on advisory committees regarding education, and has done several presentations around the mid western region on topics such as” Why do black males avoid a postsecondary education.” He has sat on Malcolm X College president’s scholarship committee in a media capacity. He is also a motivational speaker for people who are down on there luck, and have lost hope. He is very fashionable, and has graced the runway for several African shows during Kwanzaa Celebration. He recently modeled in the House Of Duvall cat walking explosion for charity; An event to help raise money for sick children. He also wrote his first fiction book called When My Season Comes, and working on his second published book titled Poor and Ineffective Management in Capital E. The Truth About America’s Educational System He continues to serve the community as a mentor to those who are less fortunate. Michael currently works for one of the federally funded TRiO programs born out of the civil rights movement in 1960. The program he works for is called the Educational Opportunity Center, which was one of the Trio programs established in 1972 during the higher education amendments. This is a program that target adults who are 19 years of age or older from low-income families and first generation college students on the west side of Chicago. His position has taken him on several conferences, and has written a proposal to present at a few. In this program, he has frequently visited boot camps, alternative High schools, correctional centers, and community organizations. In addition, out of this program he coordinated and founded a symposium and called it “The Day of the Black Man”, which encouraged African American males to go on to college, and take charge of their lives as leaders in their community.

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Poor and Ineffective

Management in Capital E.

Truth about America’s Educational System

MICHAEL B. MILLER SR.

Copyright © 2013 by Michael B. Miller Sr.

ISBN:                  Softcover                        978-1-4836-6761-4

                            Ebook                            978-1-4836-6760-7

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Rev. date: 07/17/2013

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Contents

Chapter 1       Corruption In Education

Chapter 2       Politics In Education

Chapter 3       Harassment & Discrimination In Education

Chapter 4       Lies Told About an Education

Chapter 5       The Dress Code in Education

Chapter 6       A Need for Historically Black Colleges HBCUs

Chapter 7       Looking at Morehouse College & Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy to Educate our African American Males

Chapter 8       Why Tests Are Biased In General

Chapter 9       Professional People View on How Education Could Be Restructured

Chapter 10       What is a Federally Funded Trio Program and what population should work with its participants

Chapter 11       Who Benefits From an Online Education?

Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" Nelson Mandela

Education is our passport to the future and tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom George Washington Carver

He, who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. Walt Disney

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. Disiderius Erasmus

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. Albert Einstin

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance Confucius

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Plato

Knowledge is true opinion Plato

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge Leonardo da vinci

The true method of knowledge is experiment. William Blake

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus

I’ll come to with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. Barry White

Knowledge will you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds. John F. Kennedy

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man William Penn

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us; don’t let your eyes deceive you Janet Jackson

Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself. Oprah Winfrey

What God intended for you go far beyond anything you can imagine. Oprah Winfrey

Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education Martin Luther King Jr.

Let’s stop apologizing for our competence. Zerrie D. Campbell

"If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you." Les Brown

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." Les Brown

"Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality." Les Brown

"Each day a small step forward to your destination; a journey of knowledge." Michael B. Miller Sr. author

This book is dedicated to all of the hard working honest and fair people who work in education. It is a book that will shed a light on all the wrong doing, unfairness, and misguided behavior that goes on in education. I have been blessed to have some incredible teachers in education, and a few incredible managers in education, but I have learned from experience if you are a person who have morals, values, and really care about the people and the students, you do not last for long. Either an administrator will run you away, or you will get sick and tired of being sick and tired and leave on your own. A quality education is so important and I truly believe we need people who care about other people. This country’s educational system is fading, and becoming extremely corrupt with discrimination, politics, harassment, and all matter of wickedness. Education should be a place where a person can learn and grow, but instead it has become a place of horror. I hope my readers take something from this book, and become an even better educator, mentor, teacher, or administrator.

We have so many lost children in the world, therefore we need the most caring, and empathetic people possible working in education. I do not care about a person’s degree, because as you will learn from reading these chapters a degree does not make you an ethical person. Many fools are known for going to college, and earning all types of degrees, but will kill, still, cheat, lie, and set out to destroy people lives. Are these people even worthy of a degree, because they sat in a class room? I bet if an education was free we would be more selective about who we would let earn a degree. The system is the reason we have so many corrupt people working in education, because we really do not do a serious screening on anybody, however if we find out they have a felony, they are out. There are multitudes of people in this country who do not have a felony, but work in education and commit all types of crime. Nothing ever happens to these people, because someone always has their backs. What makes these people any better than those who commit felonies on the street. We are placed in education to serve the people, and to uphold the constitution, and the EEOC rules that all people should be treated equal, but they are not in education. Malcolm X said Education is our passport to the future and tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. If education is our passport someone is going to have to help people obtain that passport, and the only people who could do that are compassionate, patient, concerned for others, unselfish, and able to be trusted. In education we are paying people less to do more work, while we pay others more to do less work. The cries of part time workers in education are evident, and hopefully their cries will eventually reach the ears of someone who care. People who get paid well in administration positions live on earth in luxury and self-indulgence and continue to want for