If you watch one video today, watch Yohuru Williams take apart the rhetoric of the reformers, piece by piece, word by word.
Yohuru gave this dynamic talk at the annual conference of the Network for Public Education.
He deconstructed Betsy DeVos’ speech at Harvard University. He gave it a close reading.
He literally brought down the house with his humor and sharp intellect.
Yohuru Williams is Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas University in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
He is an expert on African American history. You have probably seen him on one of his many appearances on PBS and the History Channel.
We are fortunate that he is a member of the board of the Network for Public Education.
I was blown away by his presentation. I think you will be too!
Diane Ravitch's blog 
What a great, dynamic presentation! He showed how privatization of public education represents more of the separate and unequal treatment African Americans have endured for generations in this country. He also demonstrated through typical instructional strategies many teachers use how inadequate, unprofessional and unprepared Betsy DeVos is. He like many of us is disgusted by her six million dollar “food truck tour.”
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More separate, more unequal all while calling “choice” the Civil Rights Issue of Our Times
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awesome
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Yes, I was blown away, too. Thanks!
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Yohuru is both a scholar and a fabulous and witty speaker.
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