When I was a child growing up in the Washington Courts projects in Utica, New York, all the stores that served our neighborhood were owned and operated by Jews. We often played with Jewish children when we shopped at their parents’ stores after school…

In this month and year when many folks across our country are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court Decision “Brown v. Board,” it is appropriate to look at the public charter school movement as it relates to students of African descent…