In 1955, John L. Black, Sr. started his job as a janitor for the Cincinnati public school system. He regularly put in 16-hour days to provide for his wife and eleven children. At StoryCorps, his son Samuel talks with his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father’s lasting legacy and the power of ... Read more...
In Philadelphia, the privatisation of the public school system isn’t working – yet the stage is set for even more. The public school system in Philadelphia is reportedly on the brink of insolvency... The US public school system, once a model for the world, is under sustained attack by the na... Read more...