I was at a conference for parents of gifted and talented children when I first came across a copy of Bright, Talented, and Black: A Guide for Families of African American Learners, by Dr. Joy Lawson Davis. As a parent of two gifted Black children, I have witnessed and experienced firsthand the unjust treatment that Black gifted children may face in the educational system. After browsing the pages of the book, one of my first thoughts was that it should be read by all parents of African Americ...

The below link is to the January 17, 2012 article by Corey Rangel:

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/proposed-law-would-allow-teachers-to-suspend-students

The following is the link to the January 17, 2012 article by Howard Fischer, Capital Media Services:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_3b97e2dc-413a-11e1-a1d6-001871e3ce6c.html

“Soft spoken and fly ..but her poetry has teeth”

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Nikko Burton, a young 10 year old boy,was sent to his deskin his social studies class after refusing to playa slave in a classroom exerciseat Chapel Field ElementarySchool. Nikko’s motherstated that the exercise was a slave auctiondemonstration, whereas beforethe students who were castas masterstraded their classmates into slavery, they went as far as examining theteeth and other physical attributes of the children who were playingthe role of  slaves.

This school’s...

A ban on Ethnic Studies in schools? What does this mean? How did this happen?

Click on the following article link:

http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2011/01/01/arizona-ethnic-studies-ban-goes-into-effect/

The following is the link to Linda Searby's article: http://cnx.org/content/m16930/latest/

The following is the link to the article by Antoinette Ellison and Michael Jazzar:

http://cnx.org/content/m14267/latest/