spot_img
More
    HomeAuthorsPosts by Michael Johnson

    Michael Johnson

    https://ourtimepress.com
    City Politics

    NYC Public Schools, a History of Systemic Racial Discrimination and Bias

    By Michael A. Johnson There’s a reason why the book "The Emperor's New Clothes" ended up in a lot of US elementary school’s classroom libraries over the years. I know it taught this 1960’s Brooklyn P.S. 9 kid the importance of acknowledging “a thing for...
    OP-ED

    Sigh… We Had So Much Hope for Eric Adams

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 27: NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 27, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
    spot_img

    Keep exploring

    News around the Web

    The Recent College Admissions Cheating Scandal is not the Biggest College Admissions Cheating Scandal

    By Michael A. Johnson Let’s face it, many Americans applaud and reward cheaters and liars....
    City Politics

    NYC Mayor abandons failed* $773 million ‘school improvement’ plan–We all abandon the children it purported to help.

    One could imagine NYC’s Black and Latino elected, appointed, civic and religious leaders on...
    Education

    I dream of a world where we paid more money and attention to teachers and paid little to no attention to acting-badly and badly-acting...

    I dream of a world where the poor, and often really innocent, Black incarcerated...
    Education

    I Want a Public School: “How Hard Are You Really Trying?” Challenge…

    Recently there was another of those interesting Facebook ‘challenges’ titled: “How Hard Did Aging...
    Education

    It Takes More Than One Month to Strengthen Black Students’ Pride and Self-esteem

    On Education Think of it as a simple arithmetic problem: Student W receives 12 months...
    Education

    Why Not Have a Real NYC Specialized High School Integration Plan? 

    Part 2: The real history behind the NYC Specialized High School (SHS) ‘Integration Problem’...
    Education

    Why Not Have a REAL NYC Specialized High School Integration Plan?  

    By Michael Johnson Part 1- The Real Problem: What is to be done with all...
    Education

    A Black Child is Racially Bullied to Death in an Alabama School: Did anybody there really SEE McKenzie Nicole Adam?

    Schools, and particularly their Tone, Climate and Culture-setting principals, fail too often to come...
    Education

    On Education: Black Child Attending an Alabama School is Bullied to Death: Did Anybody at the School see McKenzie Nicole Adam?

       By Michael Johnson Pardon me for mentioning McKenzie’s name so often in this column. But...
    Education

    The Amazon ‘HQ2’ Site-Selection Process and the Quality of K-12 Education Factor!

    Let the classic corporate investment, societal benefits versus injury debate begin! The Amazon Corporation...
    Education

    On Education

    PART TWO: Choose Strategically-Sound over Sexy-Sounding Plans to Help Struggling Schools Succeed  “There has never been...
    Education

    Black children can bring a backpack full of fear and trauma into school every day; this is not normal.

    By Michael A. Johnson A Brooklyn, NY white woman dubbed “Cornerstore Caroline” calls the police...
    Load more

    Latest articles

    Review

    Where Comfort Meets Cool: The Bedford Shines in Williamsburg

    The RSC fish and chips at The Bedford, 110 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn
    OP-ED

    Sigh… We Had So Much Hope for Eric Adams

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 27: NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 27, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
    Finance

    The Power in Your Purse

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large From armchair activists who just refused to click and drag to shopping...
    Book Review

    They Refused to be Silenced: “The Queen of Sugar Hill” and “With Love from Harlem”

    Book Review by Dr. Brenda M. GreeneThe Queen of Sugar Hill:A Novel of Hattie...

    257 Nostrand Ave, Ste 506,
    Brooklyn, NY 11213
    718-599-6828​

    © 2025 Our Time Press