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CNN | February 16, 2011 Education Secretary Arne Duncan is on a mission to recruit more diverse educators.

Arne Duncan, Spike Lee Urge Black Men To Become Teachers Dorie Turner, Huffington Post | January 31, 2011 ATLANTA — Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country’s only all-male historically black college. The two took part […]

CNN | January 28, 2011

Huffington Post | January 17, 2011 Andres Alonso, Baltimore’s CEO of public schools, thinks that too many school districts are stuck in their ways. “In most school systems, there’s a huge gravitational pull for doing the same thing. So we shouldn’t expect different outcomes.” Alonso was recently interviewed by CNN regarding the transformation Baltimore schools have […]

HLN | January 12, 2011

Black scholars reach into their own pasts to help beleaguered young black men Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune, December 13, 2010 When Waldo E. Johnson Jr., a University of Chicago social scientist, decided to put together a book on what’s hurting and helping young black men, he decided to collect the thoughts of several black scholars, many […]

CNN | October 30, 2010 Jarrett Mathis is on a mission to combat use of the N-word among youths. CNN’s Tony Harris reports.

I did not intend to write a political blog this week. After watching Kanye West’s Runaway short film I was fully intent on blogging about the creative genius of the Louie Vuitton Don. I watched the 34-minute film three times, and meticulously took notes on the subliminal messages evoked by the ballerinas in the all […]

CNN | October 20, 2010 CNN’s T.J. Holmes takes a dangerous, 2-mile walk to school with a student in one of Chicago’s toughest areas.

CNN | October 4, 2010 CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with a panel of teenagers who have dealt with bullies at school.

CNN | September 16, 2010 Florida educators try to illustrate the importance of “the war on ignorance” by wearing military flair and fatigues.

CNN | September 1, 2010 Detroit is struggling to reinvent itself when it comes to educating its children. CNN’s Poppy Harlow reports.