This Is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

Table of Contents ON PERSPECTIVE [AN INTRODUCTION] 3 PLEASE PUT YOUR PENCILS DOWN 9 PRELUDE TO A HURRICANE 20 CAN IT BE THAT IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN? 32 A SYNOPSIS OF THE ROAD LESS WANTED 44 FALSE KINGS 54 THE ANSWER 65 The Post-TFA Assessment 72 BLUE MAGIC 80 THE HOMEROOM IS A HOME 87 SNITCHES OPEN STITCHES 96 ON THE REASON WHY YOU DON’T SEE MORE BLACK / LATINO TEACHERS … YET 102 THE FINE ART OF THE CLASSROOM JOKE 117 WHAT HAPPENED 123 IT DOESN’T MATTER WITH ME NOW 132 RACE AND EDUCATION WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 139 TECHNICALLY, IT’S CALLED CONVENIENT IGNORANCE 147 WHY YOU POST-RACIALISTS GET IT WRONG … AGAIN 153 BAND OF BROTHERS 159 GOD GOT JOKES (THE CASE OF 702) 172 IT’S THE LIFE 180 GENESIS OF A NEMESIS 187 WHITE NOISE (ON BEHALF OF RUBEN REDMAN) 193 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD 198 A CAUTIONARY NOTE TO BURGEONING TEACHER LEADERS [THE EAGLE VS THE HUMMINGBIRD] 206 CONSIDER TEACHING 211 ON THE STATE OF TEACHER VOICE 216 AFTERWORD 232