Racial disparities (in) education exposes collective ignorance.
Carmen Gonzalez Glendale, CA We as a society tolerating substandard educational conditions, resources, and outcomes for non-white children betrays our ethical lapses.
Dedication to education, easier access white woman
Kelsey Coleman St. Louis, MO I feel that I have worked incredibly hard to get where I am. I know that I have worked hard...
School parity would make this moot
Edward Lyons Boston, MA If all schools provided a quality education, it wouldn’t matter so much how we decided who went where.
America’s minority education is in crisis
Alondra K. Poindexter Arlington, TX I am a doctoral candidate at Texas Wesleyan University. I am currently working on my dissertation “Cultural Identity and African...
Education will bring “justice for all”!
Ann Altman New York City, NY “Liberty and justice for all”? Not until every child receives a good education.
Why can’t we have new books?
Tamika Brown Atlanta, GA Race and socioeconomic status are nearly inseparable. And nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in American classrooms. Education has...
Biggest problem affecting quality public education
Denise Hills Tuscaloosa, AL I live in Tuscaloosa, AL. I’ve been involved with education, primarily at public schools, for years. This past election, I ran...
You are the whitest black man
M. King Oklahoma City, OK College educated, and my profession, is IT training and consulting. When whites gain that friendly level of comfort, they try...
My JHS bore banner Quality Integrated Education
Bruce Rosen New York City, NY Manhattan The 3 words together would be inconceivable today & not for the right reasons
I am more than my name
Kelly Grayson, Tukwila, WA. I recall my years of education, all my teachers would call my name and then overlook my hand when I raised...
Black man, don’t assume I’m racist.
Joan Maxwell Chicago, IL This happened to me in college in 1971. I was an education major, and a black student spoke to our Philosophy...
Your lack of education is voluntary.
Winter Rose Los Angeles, CA Everyone in the USA is required to attend school, unlike impoverished countries around the world. Our education system is paid...
My dialect of English isn’t ignorant.
Erica Parker Southland, MI “Ebonics is retarded and anyone who speaks it is just showing their lack of a working knowledge of the English language.”...
I deserve the opportunities you have
Michael Tucker Columbia MD Opportunities at good education, loans, housing, travel, safety. These are all apart of the fabric of life American life and to...
