Let’s end the cycle of blaming black families in all cities
Andre Perry
Andre Perry is the founding dean of urban education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. and the author of The Garden Path: The Miseducation of a City (2011).
Posted inEducation, K-12
Children Can See Adult Decisions Killing New Orleans Youth
Let’s give our kids a fighting chance.
Posted inEducation, K-12
Why the Black Lives Matter Movement Has to Take On Charter Schools
Education reform’s race problems mirror unequal treatment in criminal justice system
Posted inEducation, K-12
Adopt an Education Philosophy Centered on Black and Brown People
To help those who need change the most, stop trying to reform the reforms.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Let Students Lead the Way in Protests Over Police Brutality
Lessons from LSU in the face of conflict.
Posted inEducation, K-12
Something is Working at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Unlike gated communities that front as niche schools, this New Orleans art high school is a true magnet.
Posted inEducation, K-12
Immigration Can Redeem Education Reformers’ Progressive Credentials
Immigration policy is to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton what health care was to President Obama. Democratic education reformers should act accordingly and prepare to lose some “friends” in the process. Republicans’ failure to offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants only increases the amount of time immigrants naturalize and assimilate. There is no practical, political […]
Posted inEducation, K-12
A Haircut Won’t End Gun Access, Poverty or Under-Resourced Schools
But let’s admit it comforts a desperate parent.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
The Orlando Shooting: Can Educating the Public Keep LGBTQ Youth Safe?
It’s more urgent now than ever.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Exclude Louisiana’s Poorest Students from Scholarships? Stop Kicking That Can Down the Road
Helping the poor move into the middle class is the long-term solution
