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Education and the State of the Union: What’s in store for K-12

January 30, 2018

As analysts speculate whether issues of education will make the cut in tonight’s State of the Union address, Noliwe Rooks associate professor of Africana Studies at Cornell University and author of “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education,” says that should Trump’s approach to education be judged by the actions of some of his financial backers, we may face a dismantle of the American public education system.

Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences
Cornell in DC
Professor Rooks is an associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies

Local control new beginning for Newark Public Schools

September 14, 2017

Noliwe Rooks, associate professor of Africana Studies at Cornell University, is author of “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education” a book that traces the financing of education in America from the civil war to today. Rooks says that the decision to return local control to Newark Public Schools presents an opportunity to create a quality education for the community.

Arts and Sciences
Professor Rooks is an associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies