Dismantling what is, in effect, a two-tiered, inequitable education system requires (among other things) opening up access to our public schools so that they truly serve all children. What are we promoting and creating if people think they are entitled to, and are allowed to "own" access to certain public...

I am including below an edited version of a review I wrote recently of a book about Participatory Action Research (PAR) because I find the book so relevant to the organizing for justice that has been sweeping the country and world. PAR is very much in line with the politics...

That our nation's schools are segregated and unequal has been well-documented. In fact, according to a recent report of the Civil Rights Project, UCLA, "Schools in the United States are more segregated today than they have been in more than four decades." Certainly, all the students and families who live...

I am a great admirer of two educational communities in New York City -- the Bloomingdale Family Program and the Julia Richman Education Complex (JREC). The former is a Head Start Center in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood of the upper west side of Manhattan; the latter, an educational complex of...

The value and importance of integrating our children's languages and cultures into their education deserves greater recognition. This is particularly true in the context of today's increasing emphasis, locally and nationally, on standardized testing and on students becoming numbers rather than individuals who are part of families and communities.