Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues : Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls

Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues Reimagines What Education Might Look Like If Schools Placed The Thriving Of Black And Brown Girls At Their Center. Morris Brings Together Research And Real Life In This Chorus Of Interviews, Case Studies, And The Testimonies Of Remarkable People Who Work Successfully With Girls Of Color. The Result Is This Radiant Manifesto -- A Guide To Moving Away From Punishment, Trauma, And Discrimination And Toward Safety, Justice, And Genuine Community In Our Schools. -- Back Cover. Prelude -- Introduction -- Interlude: You Have To Be Compassionate -- Track 1: Fit To Wear A Crown -- Interlude: They Are Survivors -- Track 2: God Bless The Child That's Got Her Own -- Interlude: I Want A Badass Girl -- Track 3: Cell Bound Blues -- Interlude: Are We Actually Trying To Be Here For Young People? -- Track 4: Nobody Knows My Name -- Interlude: Dance Is My Spirit Language -- Track 5: Shake Hands With The Devil, Make Him Crawl In The Sand -- Interlude: Listen To Them -- Track 6: Today I'm With You ... Ain't That Some Love -- Coda. Monique W. Morris. Includes Bibliographical References. A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout "Monique Morris is a personal shero of mine and a respected expert in this space." Ayanna Pressley, U.S. congresswoman and the first woman of color elected to Boston's city council Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In her highly anticipated follow-up to the widely acclaimed Pushout on the criminalization of black girls in schools, Monique W. Morris invokes the spirit of the blues to articulate a radically healing and empowering pedagogy for Black and Brown girls. A passionate manifesto that builds naturally on her previous book, Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues reimagines what education might look like if schools placed the flourishing of Black and Brown girls at their center. Grounding each chapter in interviews, case studies, and testimonies of educators who work successfully with girls of color, Morris blends research with real life to offer a radiant manifesto on moving away from punishment, trauma, and discrimination toward safety, justice, and genuine community in our schools. In the tradition of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and Other Peoples Children, Morriss new book is a clarion callfor educators, parents, students, and anyone who has a stake in a better tomorrowto transform schools into places where learning and collective healing can flourish. A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout "Monique Morris is a personal shero of mine and a respected expert in this space." —Ayanna Pressley, U.S. congresswoman and the first woman of color elected to Boston's city council Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In this “powerful call to action” (Rethinking Schools), leading advocate Monique W. Morris invokes the spirit of the blues to articulate a radically healing and empowering pedagogy for Black and Brown girls. Morris describes with candor and love what it looks like to meet the complex needs of girls on the margins. Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues is a “vital, generous, and sensitively reasoned argument for how we might transform American schools to better educate Black and Brown girls” (San Francisco Chronicle). Morris brings together research and real life in this chorus of interviews, case studies, and the testimonies of remarkable people who work successfully with girls of color. The result is this radiant guide to moving away from punishment, trauma, and discrimination toward safety, justice, and genuine community in our schools. A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout, with a foreword by award-winning educational abolitionist Bettina Love Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In this "powerful call to action" (Rethinking Schools), leading advocate Monique W. Morris invokes the spirit of the blues to articulate a radically healing and empowering pedagogy for Black and Brown girls. Morris describes with candor and love what it looks like to meet the complex needs of girls on the margins. Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues is a "vital, generous, and sensitively reasoned argument for how we might transform American schools to better educate Black and Brown girls" (San Francisco Chronicle). Morris brings together research and real life in this chorus of interviews, case studies, and the testimonies of remarkable people who work successfully with girls of color. The result is this radiant guide to moving away from punishment, trauma, and discrimination toward safety, justice, and genuine community in our schools.