MURDER RATE: WHEN CHAINS TALK
Published Thursday, April 27, 2006 – (view excerpt below)
Here are some of Burney’s suggestions on what can be done for youth to help reduce violence that leads to murder:
Encourage the faith community to “get...
FIVE CHEERS: GOVERNMENT CHECKUP
Published Monday, December 18, 2006
The hard life lessons of youth offenders can have an invaluable impact on teens.
That’s why Duval County School Board member Betty Burney’s book, If These Chains Could Talk, is such...
TURNING LIVES AROUND
Published Sunday, May 20, 2007
This city needs every mentoring program it can get, especially programs that can be expected to directly affect Jacksonville’s high murder rate.
That is why state Sen. Tony Hill and School Board...
YOUNG CRIMINALS’ STORIES CALLED PEER PRESSURE ON STEROIDS’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Community leaders gathered Tuesday on the spot where a 13-year-old boy was shot walking home from a high school football game last month. They met to unveil a new book aimed at stopping such violence. “If...
THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN
WJXT Editorial by John Rafferty, Aired December 8, 2006
It is time for some Thumbs Up and some Thumbs Down.Thumbs Down to the crooks who are stealing holiday decorations. Talk about modern day grinches…get a life. But Thumbs Up...
BOOK OF THE MONTH
If These Chains Could Talk was nominated the book of the month at several middle and high schools throughout the United States.
There are two separate curricula that is customized for different age groups. One for middle school students...
YOUTH IMPRISONMENT: TIME FOR A CHANGE
This series introduces young people to the incarceration systems of North America and the world. The real-life experiences of prison employees, inmates, and inmates’ families are sensitively presented to educate readers about...
GILBERT ALUMNI HONORED AT GRAND REUNION
Article written by the Florida Star
This year’s Matthew W. Gilbert Grand Reunion was again an outstandingly fabulous affair. Held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Grand Reunion is more like a family reunion than a school reunion....
AN INTENSIVE READING COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Betty’s book is the hottest read in our classroom libraries. If These Chains Could Talk is real and relevant to the students served by the STRIVE program, an intensive reading course for high school students. The stories are thought...
TALKING CHAINS FOR CLINICAL THERAPY
Good morning Mrs. Burney,
I am Andrea Ashby, (Wilma & Alfred Austin’s daughter). I, along with Patricia Mays, am working with the Student Option for Success Program (S.O.S.) at Raines High School. We meet in the evenings...
Betty Seabrook Burney is the founder of the Education Star Corporation, Inc., a education consulting firm based in Florida. In November 2004 she joined the Duval County School Board and represents District 5. She is a Raines High School graduate, holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University. Currently, Mrs. Burney is an education consultant for TPG, Inc., and Seabrook & Associates. She is also a dedicated member of the NAACP Education Committee, Wayman Chapel AME Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. 
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