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Left of Black S10:E6: “Black Studies has always been ahead of its moment” – A Conversation with Petal Samuel

43by Mark Anthony Neal / 31min

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. Petal Samuel ( @iounalao ), an assistant professor in the Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

YESTERDAY

New Dawn: Housing and the Construction of the Black Urban Identity with Michael C. Dawson & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

by Mark Anthony Neal / 23h

' Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor speaks with New Dawn host Michael Dawson about her new book, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership . She talks about how Black urban identity is constructed, why she is against homeownership, and how the housing crisis isn't a crisis but a feature of society.'

#BackChannel: Kaepernick’s Future, Meditations On Mothering Black Sons, The Apollo Theater, and ‘Burning Cane’

by Mark Anthony Neal / 23h

On this episode of #BackChannel , contributors Natalie Bullock Brown and Mark Anthony Neal , discuss with State of Things host Frank Stasio, the Colin Kaepernick “workout”, recent meditations on the parenting of Black Boys – Imani Perry ’s Breathe and Netflix’s American Son – a new documentary about the Apollo Theater, and two new films, Hariett (directed by Kasi Lemmons ) and the debut of 19-yea

NOV 28

Talib Kweli And Phillip Agnew Talk Bernie Sanders, HBCUs, Spike Lee, and Reparations

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

'On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with activist, community organizer, National Surrogate for Bernie Sanders, and co-founder of The Dream Defenders , Phillip Agnew . Over the course of the next hour and change, the trio dives deep into the importance of HBCUs to the black community, the case for electing Bernie Sanders, and the issues of reparations and iden

NOV 27

Afrocosmologies -- American Reflections: A Conversation with Curator Frank Mitchell

by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d

Bob Thompson, Garden of Music, 1960. 'Independent curator, Faron Manuel and Jamaal Barber of Studio Noize Podcast interview Frank Mitchell , curator of the exhibition Afrocosmologies: American Reflections at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art for this episode of BAIA Talks. The exhibition brings together the work of an incredible assortment of artists including Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Elizabeth

The Unqualified Hostess: Whoopi Goldberg in Conversation with Bevy Smith:

by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d

' Whoopi Goldberg , the legendary actor and comedian, sits down with Bevy Smith for a warm and intimate talk about Goldberg's book, The Unqualified Hostess: I Do It My Way so You Can Too! Recorded November 14, 2019, at the 92nd Street Y' .

Literary LA: Yogita Goyal on the Slave Narrative, Past and Present

by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d

' Yogita Goyal , author of Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery , joins Eric, Medaya, and Kate to discuss the shape of traditional slave narrative and the ways it has been transformed over the past 70 years across the world and in different genres. Goyal talks about what drew her to this subject, and about teaching the slave story in the Trump and Kanye era. She contrasts abolitionist

Understanding the Chains of Global Imperialism.

by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d

'Sociologist Intan Suwandi explores the mechanisms of power in the global economy - as multinational corporations expand their reach into the Global South, they maintain control over technology and commodity chains, extracting and transferring value back to to the Global North, unit by unit, worker by worker. Suwandi is author of the book Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism from Monthly Re

NOV 24

I Came from the Unknown to Sing: How Poetry Saved a Political Prisoner

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

' Ghazi Hussein is an award winning Palestinian poet and writer living in Edinburgh. Born in exile in Syria he was first imprisoned at the age of 14, he was never charged but was 'guilty of carrying thoughts'. Repeatedly imprisoned and tortured over the next 20 years he says that writing poetry saved his sanity. Ghazi eventually arrived in Scotland in 2000. After a three year legal battle, the le

What's In My Bag?: Raphael Saadiq

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

' Raphael Saadiq goes shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles. His latest album 'Jimmy Lee' is available from Columbia Records' -- Amoeba

Chicagoans of the Year 2019: Dawoud Bey "The Activist Photographer"

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

' Dawoud Bey knows how to photograph people. He’s been doing it practically his whole life. What he wasn’t so sure about was turning his lens away from faces and bodies and toward the more elusive notions of place and time.' -- Chicago magazine

Common Sense Mamita: Felipe Luciano Former Chairman of the Young Lords

100+by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

'Two time Emmy award winning journalist and poet Felipe Luciano is considered one of the top 8 Afro-Latinos who have made huge contributions to the history of the United States. In this interview with Lydia Nicole , he describes how he became involved with the Young Lords Party . Through student activism on campus, Felipe Luciano co-founded the Young Lords Organization New York Branch – a Puerto

NOV 23

While Black with MK Asante S1:E1: Shopping While Black

by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

'A docuseries that explores racially charged social issues through disarmingly candid conversations – led by author, filmmaker, recording artist, and educator, MK Asante . Produced by Indigo Development, Entertainment Arts and Main Event Media.' -- Snap Originals

Author and Activist Bakari Kitwana in Conversation with Artist and Activist Theaster Gates

by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

'Journalist Bakari Kitwana introduces, and interviews, artist Theaster Gates at the Cleveland Museum of Art on November 20, 2019, two days before the 5th anniversary of the killing of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland Police officer.' -- 

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Access, equity, and missingness in gifted education

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

This project investigated laws, access, equity, and missingness related to gifted education identification as reported biennially to the federal government Office of Civil Rights by all public schools in 2000, 2011–2012, 2013–14, and 2015–16. Specifically, this study examines these areas nationally, and by state across schools for Non-Title I and Title I schools, by Locale (i.e., City, Suburb, To

Postsecondary Education: Graduation Rates, Outcome Measures, Student Financial Aid, and Admissions

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

About 19 percent of first-time full-time students who enrolled in 2-year institutions in 2013 graduated within two years (100 percent of normal time), according to new postsecondary data. However, that rate jumped to 38 percent when the time for graduation was extended to four years (200 percent of normal time). The National Center for Education Statistics released a set of web tables that contai

NOV 26

New Report emphasizes significant academic progress of Black and Hispanic students over the past two decades, but downplays the persisting racial gaps

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

The Fordham Institute recently released a report highlighting the academic progress of Black and Hispanic groups over the past two decades at the elementary school level on the NAEP exam. From this, the report offers the major claim, based on its author’s eyeball test, that the academic progress of students of color is attributable “mostly” to poverty reduction. The report, however, also acknowle

Postsecondary Educatio: Enrollment, Finance, Employees, and Academic Libraries

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

The percent of revenues that postsecondary institutions received from tuition and fees in 2017-18 varied greatly depending on the type of institution. According to new data released today by the National Center for Education Statistics, public 4-year institutions and administrative offices received about 20 percent of their revenues from tuition and fees in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, compared with ju

NOV 25

High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Children's average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University at Albany and the New York University Langone Medical Center. By age 8, children were more likely to log the highest amount of screen

Why women select college majors with lower earnings potential

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Even when both male and female college students say they want to pursue a major with the best earnings prospects, the majors men choose are higher paying than the majors women choose. In a new study, sociologist Natasha Quadlin of The Ohio State University found that "the logics of major choice" may lead women to select different majors from men, despite having similar preferences. "Even when wom

Concussions in high school athletes may be a risk factor for suicide

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Concussion, the most common form of traumatic brain injury, has been linked to an increased risk of depression and suicide in adults. Now new research published by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) suggests high school students with a history of sports-related concussions might be at an increased risk for suicide completion. The research, which recently appeared

Teacher Has As Much Effect on Student Achievement as on Student Height?

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Estimates of teacher “value-added” suggest teachers vary substantially in their ability to promote student learning. Prompted by this finding, many states and school districts have adopted value-added measures as indicators of teacher job performance. This paper reports on a new test of the validity of value-added models. Using administrative student data from New York City, the authors apply com

The Effects of Foreign-Born Peers in US High Schools and Middle Schools

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

The multi-decade growth and spatial dispersion of immigrant families in the United States has shifted the composition of US schools, reshaping the group of peers with whom students age through adolescence. US-born students are more likely to have foreign-born peers and foreign-born students are more likely to be educated outside of enclaves. This study examines the short-term and long-term impact

NOV 22

New College Scorecard contains program-level debt and earnings data, more inclusive graduation rates

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 7d

Thanks to a groundbreaking redesign of the College Scorecard, students can now find customized, accessible, and relevant data on potential debt and earnings based on fields of study (including for 2-year programs, 4-year degrees, certificate programs, and some graduate programs), graduation rates, and even apprenticeships. For the first time ever, students will now have access to information on t

Skipping breakfast linked to lower grades

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 7d

Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study. Researchers, from the University of Leeds, have for the first time demonstrated a link 

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