Let Our Young Be Awesome! Presidential Portraits by Chaz Rorick
Tis true and yet, more often than not it is forgotten; art is a science. Science is an art. The study of history is where we start. All the great masters looked to the past and found the future. If only we, or the powers that be, [...]
Take Action – Share New Infographic: The Cycle of School Closures
Mass school closures have become a popular, "quick fix" for policymakers trying to address struggling schools and budget crises – despite the lack of evidence that closures save money or even improve opportunities for students. Instead, school closures are both a symptom and a cause of perpetuated [...]
How Conservatives Hijacked “Colorblindness” and Set Civil Rights Back Decades
Why do so many whites respond to the dog whistle refrain that they, and not minorities, are today’s most likely victims of racial discrimination? Colorblindness helps to legitimate the substance of dog whistle complaints because it promotes understandings of race and racism that obscure discrimination [...]
Selma Jubilee – Bridge Crossing
Welcome to The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. Here you will find historical facts, pictures, information on all upcoming events, and much more. Each year the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in conjunction with 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement, Wallace Community [...]
A Racio-Economic Analysis of Teach for America: Counterstories of TFA Teachers of Color
Yvette V. Lapayese, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University Ursula S. Aldana, Ph.D.,Loyola Marymount University Eduardo Lara, Ph.D. Candidate, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies | Originally Published at Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education. | Volume 11 Issue 1 Winter 2014 Download the Report [pdf] Introduction One [...]
IMPACT Errors: The Ghost of Michelle Rhee
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is still haunted by policies from the failed Michelle Rhee era, this time with the revelation of flawed IMPACT scores, a teacher evaluation system that relies heavily on standardized tests. DCPS is telling us there are two different errors in [...]
CODE Chicago – Help Elect a Representative School Board
How can you help win an Elected Representative School Board?En Español The CPS Board—appointed by the mayor— is not accountable to the people it is supposed to serve. The Board is failing our children. An overwhelming majority of Chicagoans in 327 precincts VOTED YES on the [...]
How the Genteel Rhetoric of “States’ Rights” Grew the “White Man’s Party”
Few names conjure the recalcitrant South, fighting integration with fire-breathing fury, like that of George Wallace. The central image of this “redneck poltergeist,” as one biographer referred to him, is of Wallace during his inauguration as governor of Alabama in January 1963, before waves of [...]