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    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...
    Crime

    Brooklyn DA Obtains Sentencing of Disbarred Attorney for Stealing Deeds of 11 Brooklyn Properties, But What About Others

    By Mary Alice MillerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on November 12 that disbarred Brooklyn attorney Sanford Solny, who stole the deeds to 11 residential properties across Brooklyn, primarily from minority homeowners in financial distress, has been sentenced to two and a half to...
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    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...
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    Joyful Noise in Downtown Brooklyn: The ‘We Outside’ Tour Takes Over the Paramount

    The We Outside Tour, led by three-time Grammy winner Tye Tribbett, alongside Transformation Worship...
    Crime

    Brooklyn DA Obtains Sentencing of Disbarred Attorney for Stealing Deeds of 11 Brooklyn Properties, But What About Others

    By Mary Alice MillerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on November 12 that disbarred...
    Business

    “Mass Blackout” Says Support Black and Local Businesses

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeSomebody shoot off an email to HR. Black money is...
    Arts-Theater

    Brooklyn Curator Pamela Ford and Sculptor Helen Ramsaran Check Out the New Studio Museum in Harlem

    Fern GillespieWhen Brooklyn sculptor Helen Evans Ramsaran returned to the Studio Museum in Harlem...

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