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Buras, Kristen L. – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, Kristen L. Buras examines educational policy formation in New Orleans and the racial, economic, and spatial dynamics shaping the city's reconstruction since 2005. More specifically, Buras draws on the critical theories of whiteness as property, accumulation by dispossession, and urban space economy to describe the strategic…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Racial Factors
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Ladson-Billings, Gloria – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
In this essay, Gloria Ladson-Billings describes her reaction to Barack Obama's election and her desire to share these historic moments with folks she considers "everyday people." She then looks to the future of education in the United States and highlights obstacles to the Obama administration's meaningful engagement with education…
Descriptors: Presidents, African Americans, Elections, African American Teachers