Roundup: Where #BlackLivesMatter Meets Education (Reform)

Curious about where BLM and education overlap? Here's a helpful roundup of school-related BLM articles to check out, courtesy of Catherine Bellinger, D.C. Director at DFER:

Derrell Bradford on Freddie Gray: http://hechingerreport.org/freddie-grays-rough-baltimore-streets-shaped-my-fight-for-school-choice/

 

The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/black-lives-matter-school-too/

 

Justin Cohen's piece: http://www.justinccohen.com/blog/the-damn-pool

 

RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2014/11/26/silence-of-reformers-on-ferguson-is-deafening/ 

 

Ryan Hill of KIPP TEAM on Ferguson: http://blog.kippnj.org/grand-juries

 

KIPP student essays on Ferguson and Eric Garner: http://blog.kippnj.org/student-essays-reflecting-on-ferguson-and-staten-island/

 

Tom Rademacher's cross-post on Chris' blog: http://citizenstewart.org/a-white-teacher-says-its-time-to-sit-down/

 

Andre Perry http://educationpost.org/say-bruh-it-shouldnt-be-this-hard-to-cheer-black-teachers/#.VfIjtuuFtUQ

 

Michele Malkin http://nypost.com/2015/06/09/the-militant-takeover-of-the-teach-for-america-corps/

 

Any other great examples, reform-oriented or otherwise?  Pass them on.

 

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