Tag: Education
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The Trump administration’s announcement of 500 million dollars in redirected funding for historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges was rolled out with great fanfare. The Secretary of Education called it a massive investment. The headlines were positive. Social media posts quickly celebrated it as evidence of a new commitment to people of color.…
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Is Stockton a national leader in public policy innovation? I argue they are. Stockton has long stood out in California’s public policy landscape. For example, it was the first major city in the nation to test a universal basic income program under then-Mayor Michael Tubbs, sparking national conversations about guaranteed income as a strategy to…
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Every organization talks about transformation, but the leaders tasked with making it happen often face a lonely road. Change agents are frequently stuck trying to move big ideas forward with few, if any, allies—while also serving as the go-to crisis managers when things go wrong. It’s a role that demands vision, resilience, and relentless energy,…
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When UC Berkeley scholar Travis J. Bristol speaks of a “second nadir” in U.S. race relations, he invokes a chilling historical echo. The first nadir followed the end of Reconstruction—when the Ku Klux Klan rose, lynchings of Blacks was commonplace, and Plessy v. Ferguson enshrined “separate but equal” into law. Today, Bristol argues, we are…
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Back-to-school season is often a time of celebration — fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the promise of new beginnings. But this year feels different. Instead of quiet optimism, it feels like sirens are blaring. In our recent Power Hour — Back to School Special: Ringing the 3-Alarm Fire Bells for Education aire — we dug into the urgent…
Cloaking Inequity 