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When the early New Deal first constructed public housing in New York City and elsewhere, projects for blacks were built in existing ghettos or undeveloped areas where planners wanted to shift existing black neighborhoods. [1] But projects for whites were built in existing white [...]

Fixing Public Education Published by Pepper Tree Fixing Public Education After three years of research and writing ten educators derive the ideal public (or private or charter) school curriculum. What does “Ideal” mean? The ideal school in FIXING PUBLIC EDUCATION is titled the [...]

I created #BlackLivesMatter with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, two of my sisters, as a call to action for Black people after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was post-humously placed on trial for his own murder and the killer, George Zimmerman, was not held accountable for the [...]

I spent a good portion of my life trying to be better than the best. I was always the first to jump at an extra assignment or task, to show everyone that I was capable. But for what? Why? It was late at [...]

Welcome to 50th Bridge Crossing Jubilee — Selma. 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 [...]

> This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The educational reforms of the last 100 years are predicated on information scarcity. Today, not unlike the early 1900s, Children go to schools where [...]

As a Princeton professor, I really ought to love college rankings. The most famous of them, by U.S. News and World Report, currently places my employer first among national universities, nudging out Harvard and Yale. Forbes’s list of “America’s Top Colleges” has [...]

What's the View Like From Three Feet? Ever wondered what the world looks like from a preschooler's point of view? Great news! We've got a new (and totally adorable) short video about why preschool matters, [...]

Dear World, Over the past month, events surrounding the killing of Michael Brown, Jr.---a murder, in my eyes, and in the eyes of many, many others--- has been broadcasted over every means of media and press you could imagine and as you have [...]