Black Voices

Gov. Murphy Can Support Black and Brown Families by Supporting Charter Schools, Says Newark Business Leader

Randal Pinkett, a Newark businessman and the first African-American student from Rutgers to win a Rhodes Scholarship, has a bone…

4 years ago

WHITE: Focus on Teachers and Follow the Money: Pandemic Parenting Advice From an Expert

I’ve been an empty nester since the pandemic began -- happily free of the burden of managing children’s virtual learning…

4 years ago

Meet Newark’s Own Amanda Gorman, Seventh-Grade Poet Makayla Brown

A month ago, as Amanda Gorman shared her beautiful prose during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration,…

4 years ago

Amanda Gorman Is Climbing That Hill. Now if Only The Rest of Us Would Join Her.

Yesterday at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman stole the show. Lady Gaga? J-Lo? Garth…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Good Luck Finding an Education Secretary Who Can Help Kids and Make Unions Happy, Mr. President-Elect

President-Elect Joe Biden may be setting himself up for a confrontation between two of his top advisors. Perched on one…

4 years ago

How Disproportionate Is New Jersey’s Rate of School Suspensions?

According to Carly Sitrin of Politico (the full article is behind a paywall), Black students in New Jersey were suspended…

4 years ago

Khaliah Fitchett on Going From Handcuffs to Running for Congress

One afternoon in March 2010, Khaliah Fitchette, a 16-year-old student at Newark’s University High School, was riding home on a…

4 years ago

White Progressives Have a Lot of Work To Do And I’m Not Here To Help.

This is a guest post by my boss and colleague Chris Stewart, the Chief Executive Officer of brightbeam. He is a…

5 years ago

At A Loss For Words, Knowing I Need to Speak

This is a guest post by Patrick Riccards, executive director of Best in the World Teachers. Riccards, a resident of…

5 years ago

West Windsor-Plainsboro Parents Say Racist Videos Represent How Their Kids Are Treated Every Day

Five years ago the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District made the New York Times for a rift between white and Asian-American…

5 years ago