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Andre Perry
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Dr. Andre Perry, a contributing writer, is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at The Brookings Institution. His research focuses on race and structural inequality, community engagement and education.
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“Your firstborn son gots to be a junior,” my barber ordered. In the weeks before my son’s birth, the person who…
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase…
From refusing climate change to exaggerating voter fraud to promoting Birtherism, Donald Trump didn’t just put…
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This past Halloween, my son Robeson met President Barack Obama face-to-face at Trick or Treat at the White House.
The nonprofit advocacy and research group Education Trust released the report “Through Our Eyes: Perspectives and…
School closure is a tactic we don’t have to take.
To the chagrin of charter advocates, on Friday the national board of the NAACP ratified an earlier resolution (pdf)…
Nationwide School 'Walk-ins' Organized to Demand Educational Justice for Black and Brown Communities
On Thursday the union-affiliated Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools organized “walk-ins” in 200 cities and 2,000 public…
We’re not going to “nonprofit” our way out of poverty, housing unaffordability and economic injustice. Historic…
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps…
Author’s note: In the time I responded to weekend criticism of high school players taking a knee, a disabled black…
Donald Trump outlined his policy and philosophy for K-12 education in a speech Thursday at Cleveland Arts and Social…
After we applaud Colin Kaepernick’s protesting of police brutality, don’t let the spectacle of demonstration…
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps…
If one looks and listens closely, black reform advocates and charter leaders are responding to the mythology that…
Black school systems are treated like black men and women in America. Urban schools are broken up, experimented…
The scant mention of Democrats’ official platform on K-12 education on the main stage at the Democratic National…