During the month of February, schools in the United States, from pre-K through university, offer some programming for Black History Month. This sometimes engenders a
Category: race and education
Equity, Race, Revolution & Reform in US Education: What has (not) changed? an anniversary program
Denisha Jones, Howard University Visiting Assistant professor, leader in BadAss Teachers and a host of other national organizations, joined this program — along with Kymone
Black Panthers, Education & the SuperBowl — 50 Years On
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense has been a popular topic this week. Over 100 million viewers saw the SuperBowl’s halftime performance, featuring dancers costumed
NC Teacher’s Struggle for Justice
Update 9/11: Note from Don Phipps, Superintendent of Beaufort County Schools, added below. The Education Town Hall is following a story developing in Washington, North
Ten-Year-Old Education Hero
Over the last few months, ten-year-old Alex Fierro has become an educational hero in California, and his tale is spreading. Alex is a fourth-grader at
Addressing Female Invisibility in- and outside Schools
“He had a race. I had a gender.” This is how attorney and legal professor Anita Hill describes the media that surrounded her in 1991,
Education Town Hall Forum 