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“After 1983, education no longer had time for critical-thinking skills, civics education for a better world, teacher-student relationships, or divergent thinking.”
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
“You believe everything is a desperate struggle to be different, but you believe this because that is your own struggle. But it is not mine. Mine is to be honest. Or at least to try. I try to be honest.”
― Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
― Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
“A common thread exists between the civil rights era... and today... Then as now, school choice relies on Black resiliency, Black ambition, and Black people's relentless pursuit of education to create the facade that our children have choices in life to mitigate racism and anti-Blackness...”
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
“Abolitionists like myself want all human beings to have everything they need to feel whole, supported, cared for, and to live in communities that hold people accountable for harm without creating more harm or violence.”
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
“The “reform” movement is really a “corporate reform” movement, funded to a large degree by the major foundations, Wall Street hedge managers, entrepreneurs, and the U.S. Department of Education.”
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
― Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
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