"The Promethean Promise: Understanding and Responding to the Educationa" by Joaquín M.S. Noguera and Pedro A. Noguera
 

Document Type

Article - post-print

Publication Date

4-4-2025

Abstract

In this paper, we use Prometheus and his perpetual punishment to draw attention to the historic role Black people have played in U.S. education and contemplate the state of education for Black people 70 years after the Brown decision. We note the parallels between the period of reconstruction to the current period and use a case study of a school in Oakland, California to draw attention to a community-based response to the unfulfilled promise of the historic Brown decision. Our hope is that the case study can be used to undertake similar initiatives.

Department

Department of Educational Leadership

Original Publication Citation

Noguera, J. M. S., & Noguera, P. A. (2025). The Promethean Promise: Understanding and Responding to the Educational Aspirations of Black People in the US, Seventy Years After Brown. Urban Education, 00420859251329267. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251329267

Publisher Statement

This is the accepted author manuscript. For the version of record see: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251329267

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