Today marks the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling stating that separate schools are not equal schools. It is not a time for celebration. Despite six decades of desegregation policy (and six decades of resistance to it), our public schools are...
I’ve been thinking a lot today about what it means to be a mother… and, in particular, what our narrow pop-culture narratives tell us being a Good Mother looks like. Believing in our children, ushering them forth with the tools to be courageous and decent...
A sad note to begin… Linda Brown, the symbolic center of Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Supreme Court decision died yesterday at the age of 76. Brown’s death came only a few days after the Newsweek coverage of Charlotte NC announcing what we already...
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute interviewed Dr. Howard Fuller the other day. You may remember Dr. Fuller from a recent debate hosted by The Century Foundation. During the TCF debate on whether school segregation is one of the most pressing educational issues, Dr....
Thanks to everyone who came to our Book Club discussions with Dr. Noliwe Rooks yesterday and Sunday. The conversations were provocative and it was inspiring to connect with parents from Seattle to Philly, Houston to Madison. And a million thanks to Dr. Rooks who...
