October 14th is Dr. Allison Davis Day!!!"William Allison Davis devoted his life to uncovering and correcting unfair bias in the U.S. educational system, and ensuring equal opportunity for all. His landmark studies of caste and class in the south, and the effects of culturally biased tests on underprivileged children, led to dramatic improvements in the use of such tests and the general quality of education." Thank you Dr. Davis for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Dr. Allison Davis. :-)
http://blackhistorynow.com/allison-davis/
"teaching in the standard manner made no sense to these poor and poorly schooled rural blacks. I decided that I didn't know anything to teach them since our backgrounds were so different, yet I wanted to do something to affect such students." - Dr. Allison Davis
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