“Court Orders Can’t Make Races Mix”: A 60th Anniversary Discussion on School Desegregation and Racial Inclusion
Two women literary figures – Mary McLeod Bethune and Zora Neale Hurston – historically embody two distinct stances on school desegregation.
The South was Good Enough
Throughout Hurston’s literature, the segregated South contains intricate complexities of relationship, love, sustainability, and its own form of “progression” that often remains overlooked.
Beyond Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Schools and Transformative Education
Within public education contexts, students seldom learn anything in African American history beyond slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. Today’s high-stakes testing environments – as demonstrated by federal initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Common Core – have supplanted critical learning with rote memorization and testing. Many educators fear that students today are being groomed to become work-force laborers, not critical thinkers.
Politics and School Charters: Systems of Privilege within U.S. Public Education
In essence, a student’s educational success is left to the determination of a lottery or bid. If your randomized “bingo” number isn’t called – you are not admitted into the school. With the growing numbers of charters each year, it is time for research to unpack the future implications of these privatized school models.
“With all of the ‘riff raff’ happening in Baltimore”
I was stunned that week when a colleague questioned my decision to accept a job in the Baltimore community. She asked, “Are you sure you want to go with all of the ‘riff raff’ happening in Baltimore?’