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The Personality of the K-12 Achievement Gap

by Dr. Ibram Rogers, November 15, 2010

I still remember my academic bliss in fourth grade. At a small private school in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., in a relatively large class taught by Mrs. Miles, I received 100 on all of my final exams. It probably went to my head but a cocky 9-year-old is considered cute. Almost 20

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Running In The Family

by Dr. Elwood Watson, November 1, 2010

The old saying “like father, like son” may ring more true than many of us have been led to believe.  Last month, a former student of mine came by my office to visit me. We talked about his new job, the economy, the weather, etc. He said he had been

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Promoting Racial and Cultural Awareness in the Classroom: Creating a Plan for Evaluation

by Dr. Pamela Felder, September 15, 2010

“The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy as well as private relationships. There is nothing more remarkable than the ingenuity that the various demarcations of the color line reflect. If only the same

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Act Da Fool: Strange Fruit Meet High Fashion

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, September 15, 2010

I have just finished watching, for the umpteenth time, the short film Act Da Fool, by critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Harmony Korine. With each viewing, I am more flabbergasted.   Set in a Nashville housing project, as well as a school for the blind—and “a school for kleptomaniacs”—the film is apparently the

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The Season of Racial Discontent

by Dr. Elwood Watson, September 10, 2010

For anyone who thought the election of Barack Obama ushered in an era of post-racial harmony, several events that have transpired over the past few months should assuage any doubts of such a notion. Here are a few of the incidents: Shirley Sherrod, a 62-year-old Black woman with a long history

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