Remember when the National Governors Association told us that Common Core was our friend? It was not that long ago. The year was 2010. Way back then a states-led effort to develop the Common Core State Standards was adopted. For near a year, state leaders, including governors [...]
I never thought that my brother would be one of those police officers. He was supposed to be different because of me My white brother loved black people more than I did when we were growing up. As a black interracial child of the south [...]
Photograph Credit: Chicago Parent By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 23, 2014. “I don’t see color — I just see people.” “I want to raise my children to treat everyone the same.” “If we stopped pointing [...]
What have we done to our children? We express distress over their education. All those tests, a standardized curriculum. Our schools are "failing," or so some say and charter schools are scamming in countless ways. We try to opt out
Photograph; Demonstrators supporting protesters in Ferguson, Mo., hold up mirrors to police during a march Wednesday in Oakland. Photo Credit: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Beginning at birth we teach our children. We teach them how to talk, how to walk, and how to act when with other [...]
Ferguson's Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force and The City Won't Heal Until We Fix Them Too. By Tracey Meares | Originally Published at The New Republic. August 22, 2014 A day after his visit to Ferguson, Missouri, Attorney General Eric H. Holder stated [...]
Colorblind...People are just people.” ”I don’t see color.” ”We’re all just human.” Source; Atlanta Black Star By Anat Shenker-Osorio | Originally Published at Blue Nation Review. August 21, 2014 Among the many more serious horrors of Ferguson telecasting America’s racism, we’re treated to white people’s inability to [...]
Beyond Ferguson there are countless race-related conversations. We are also talking about the police. When the two come together…Well, what do you think? A White Sheriff, His Black Son…What might the two say when they sit down to dinner? Race. Justice. Might a kitchen table conversation help [...]
Irene Robinson expressed her desire to take her grandchildren to Anthony Overton Elementary School again, The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district decided to shutter the building for good in 2014. Overton Elementary, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, is one of 50 schools the [...]
