Tag: Rosa Parks
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revisitED: Rosa Parks, school choice supporter
Editor’s note: This month, redefinED is revisiting the best examples of our Voucher Left series, which focuses on the center-left roots of school choice. Today’s post from March 2016 illustrates how civil rights activist Rosa Parks believed in the value of giving parents more educational choice. If the full, rich[Read More…]
The NAACP, charter schools & school choice history
The NAACP resolution against charter schools is at odds with a historic African-American drive for more educational options. Mary McLeod Bethune, Marva Collins and Rosa Parks weren’t out to privatize schools; they wanted alternatives that would better ensure success for black children.
Rosa Parks, school choice supporter
No less an American hero than Rosa Parks supported school choice. She proposed a charter school in Detroit to help black children in some of the toughest neighborhoods.