Barack Obama makes me feel like a natural woman. Especially this morning. I’ve been preaching for years that education funding should not be locally funded. If our goal in education is to equalize opportunity, it makes no sense to let poor kids in poor areas go to poorly funded schools and rich kids in rich […]
Read More I Used To Feel So UninspiredMy students were less moved by today’s speech than by the election (as was I). It was a big moment, but nothing compared to that night. They remain deeply concerned about Obama’s safety, suggesting that he is in danger from “all the white people who don’t like blacks.” I ask them for evidence, and apparently […]
Read More Post-InauguralI am glad to report that many of our students here (all African-American) are pretty psyched about the Obama victory, and have been writing in class about how this changes their idea of themselves and their futures. One of the boys said he cried. Another said his dumb grandma went downstairs to honk the horn on […]
Read More Hot off the presses: urban youth react to Obama victory
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