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Black History Debunks American Propaganda and Mythology

In chapter 17 of his seminal work Black Reconstruction in America, titled “The Propaganda of History,” W.E.B. DuBois details the lessons American school children...

The American Education System is Determined to Stifle Black Children

Here’s how (systemic) racism works.  African people were taken from their homes and brought to what would become the United States to be enslaved, where...

Before Pennsylvania Applies for 500 Million Dollars to Expand Charters, It Needs to Update Its Current Charter Law

The budget recently released by this administration proposes $500 million in funding for the Charter Schools Program (CSP). The CSP is a federal program that...

Trump Wants to Build A Wall. So Do Philadelphia’s Suburban School Districts

Affluent people love their walls. They’re willing to spend tons of money to create a barrier between them and people who “look different.” The...

DON’T STAND IN THE WAY OF 8 MILLION BLACK CHILDREN GETTING AN EDUCATION

We Launched a new podcast Deep in the heart of public school education wars rage on, and few warriors come to fight for the people....

If You Think Excellence Can’t Exist in All-Black Schools, You’re Tripping

As a child, youth, and adult, I have had the absolute pleasure of being surrounded by Mamas and Babas who upheld Black liberation in...

Liberating Black Kids From Broken Schools — By Any Means Necessary

The following piece was written by Derrell Bradford, Dr. Howard Fuller & Chris Stewart. Education reform is at a crossroads in this country. And it...

No Matter What Anyone Says, the Money Ought to Follow the Kid Regardless of What Kind of Public School They Choose

I am punching above my weight. I am no education policy wonk, nor am I a mover or shaker in America’s larger educational conversation. But...

Some Black Folks Don’t Want to End White Supremacy, They Just Want to Better Their Position in It

I was recently in Hartford, Connecticut, at the invitation of Mama Gwen Samuel, an activist who works on behalf and with the community.  I wasn’t...

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