By Elizabeth Whitman | Originally Published at The Nation. April 26, 2012

Schools have morphed from extensions of a community into centers that more closely resemble factories and prisons, says David Stovall, associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. What will it take to confront this reality, instead of distancing ourselves from it, as we are now?


For more watch Stovall on How Hip Hop Can Help Shape The World In Which We Live.