Uptown Notes

Summer is finally here! I can remember sitting in my desk in school looking out the window wondering when I […]

I recently found myself in a conversation with three White males. As we made small talk,  one asked me, “So […]

Just last week, the United States celebrated the 58th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision which made segregation in […]

Sixty four schools will likely close in Philadelphia. New York is aiming at closing forty seven schools this year, down from […]

As I climbed the subway stairs on an unusually warm and sunny Spring day, I saw the shadows of two […]

This past week, the world lost a giant intellect and talent. Gil Noble, one of the architects of critical Black […]

This Monday New York City is lucky to witness the new performance piece “Window Sex Project” by Sydnie Mosley. The […]

We are in a very special moment. Recently a dear friend of mine and great comrade told me about an […]

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?

This week “Waiting for Superman” premiered nationally and it has reignited the conversation on the United States’ failing schools. The […]