Books; Reviews, Tours, and Excerpts
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated [...]
Predictably Irrational: Author Dan Ariely on Education Reforms
There is far more to education than teacher compensation and "school choice reforms." To do well by and for our children we must consider motivation! How do we best serve our children and The Seventh Generation? [...]
Book Review; Black Hands in the Biscuits Not in the Classrooms; Unveiling Hope in a Struggle for Brown’s Promise
Two years ago, the 50th anniversary of Brown v. the Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision to desegregate public schools, came and went rather quietly. During that anniversary [...]