Uptown Notes

My twitter profile reads, “Scholar, author, hater of Drake.” Of all the things on that profile “hater of Drake” is [...]

About two years ago I sat down for a conversation with TheGrio.com discussing the role of discrimination and testing in [...]

“All the real OGs, I’m a solider cause you told me study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey/ Study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey, their life [...]

Last week, I had the pleasure of being on NPR’s Tell Me More with host Michel Martin to discuss the [...]

Recently, I had the pleasure of appearing on “Our World with Black Enterprise” hosted by Marc Lamont Hill. The show [...]

Today many will celebrate Columbus Day, I won’t. Here’s a little history lesson for all the kids home from school. [...]

The recent buzz around education reform is growing, but silenced in this buzz is race. The amazingly taboo yet significant social phenomena is giving way to colorblind policy makers and educational activists. Can we truly transform an educational system if we don’t take account of one of its most enduring cleavages?

For the past few years, I have been diligently working on issues of inequality in well-resourced school settings. My book [...]

This morning, another piece of my writing on education reform and “Waiting for Superman” was posted on theRoot.com. This is [...]

Nationwide, the conversation on education is increasingly dominated by teacher accountability, charter schools and test scores. While these things are [...]