In Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal, Bettina L. Love, Ph.D. argues forcefully that, with the release of the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform,” Ronald Reagan’s presidency ushered in a War on Black Children, pathologizing and penalizing them in concert with the War on Drugs. New policies punished schools with policing, closure, and loss of funding in the name of reform, as white savior, egalitarian efforts increasingly allowed private interests to infiltrate the system. These changes implicated children of color, and Black children in particular, as low performing, making it all too easy to turn a blind eye to their disproportionate conviction and incarceration.

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Bettina L. Love, Ph.D.
William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and author of We Want to Do More Than Survive.

Ganae McAlpin-Toney
Director of Equity for Evanston Township High School D202 and the facilitator for the second-year induction program.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 7:00 PM (on Zoom)
Register: www.bit.ly/LoveFANWebinar
AND: A book giveaway, sponsored by FAN! Details on Zoom registration page.