Inquiry

The state: Why can’t you be more like private schools? Public school: What do you mean? The state: I mean their kids are learning, well-behaved and go on to do great things when they finish school. Your kids don’t seem to be [...]

Reference Publication: Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy How current education policies are ignoring the racial disparities that contribute to the “achievement 
gap” and are failing to support the vibrant, diverse public schools more parents are demanding Contact: 
William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net,
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In the tradition of “Maus” and “Persepolis,” “March” tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights. By Valerie Schloredt | Originally Published at Yes! Magazine. March 06, 2014 Selma, Alabama, March [...]

Have I spent too much time worrying about the boys killing each other to pray for the ones who do it with their own hands? Is that not black on black violence? Is that not a mother who has to bury her boy? Is it [...]

1. smoke above the burning bush 2. archnemesis of summer night 3. first son of soil 4. coal awaiting spark & wind 5. guilty until proven dead 6. oil heavy starlight 7. monster until proven ghost 8. gone 9. phoenix who forgets to un-ash 10. [...]

Our new report, originally published on January 24, 2014, is too long to post in its entirety in blog form. The report can be downloaded here: Weber.Baker_OneNewark_Jan24_2014 Below is the executive summary of the report: Executive Summary On December 18, 2013, State Superintendent Cami Anderson announced [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]