Noliwe Rooks
@nrooks.bsky.social
Chair and Professor, Brown University, Africana Studies. Author of Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, available 3/18/25 and A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Micro schools are one of the fastest growing segments of the education sector. In the U.S., education looks different depending on geography. The highly literate and educated are breaking off and doing their own thing. I wrote a book about why: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962...
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Micro schools are one of the fastest growing segments of the education sector. In the U.S., education looks different depending on geography. The highly literate and educated are breaking off and doing their own thing. I wrote a book about why: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962...
It’s true. “Data Driven” became their mantra and big data the supposed answer to every question. This era also made dens very, very wealthy. “How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/m...
August 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It’s true. “Data Driven” became their mantra and big data the supposed answer to every question. This era also made dens very, very wealthy. “How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/m...
I read an article in the NYT that pissed me off in a way that moved me to parable. This is the beginning:
August 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I read an article in the NYT that pissed me off in a way that moved me to parable. This is the beginning:
There is so much to talk about right now about education, segregation, and integration and there is no one better than Adam Harris to have a public conversation with about it all!
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There is so much to talk about right now about education, segregation, and integration and there is no one better than Adam Harris to have a public conversation with about it all!
If you are near Central Library in Arlington, Virginia, I will be professing Bethune tonight at 6:30. Her 150th birthday is next month!
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you are near Central Library in Arlington, Virginia, I will be professing Bethune tonight at 6:30. Her 150th birthday is next month!
She said yes!!! My son Jelani and future daughter in love, Shanice got this shoutout surprise shoutout from his crew. I love everything about all of it!!
June 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
She said yes!!! My son Jelani and future daughter in love, Shanice got this shoutout surprise shoutout from his crew. I love everything about all of it!!
I’m not quite clear what is happening, but David Brooks is all of a sudden making sense to me:
June 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I’m not quite clear what is happening, but David Brooks is all of a sudden making sense to me:
This fight is spiraling fast! This is from the WSJ:
June 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This fight is spiraling fast! This is from the WSJ:
Well worth your time. I appreciate the construct of armageddon academics found here: truthout.org/articles/eli...
May 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well worth your time. I appreciate the construct of armageddon academics found here: truthout.org/articles/eli...
I guess we are just eaiting to see who will be first: www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I guess we are just eaiting to see who will be first: www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...
Good piece: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-we-...
May 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Good piece: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-we-...
My table mate, friend and colleague Matt Guterl at the annual dinner of the Society of American Historians! Our colleague Keisha Blain who is here, but not pictured!
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My table mate, friend and colleague Matt Guterl at the annual dinner of the Society of American Historians! Our colleague Keisha Blain who is here, but not pictured!
Bill and I are in California with my mother and somehow we ended up in the children's section of the local library completely geeking out over all the books we wish we had when we were kids/had young kids.
May 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Bill and I are in California with my mother and somehow we ended up in the children's section of the local library completely geeking out over all the books we wish we had when we were kids/had young kids.
BJR and NMR, May 2025
photo by Bill Gaskins
photo by Bill Gaskins
May 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
BJR and NMR, May 2025
photo by Bill Gaskins
photo by Bill Gaskins
Joyful brunch today with edu scholars celebrating my colleague @johndiamond1618.bsky.social on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!!!
May 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Joyful brunch today with edu scholars celebrating my colleague @johndiamond1618.bsky.social on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!!!
At Rites and Reason Theatre tonight for a class production of this semester’s Black Lavender class!!
April 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
At Rites and Reason Theatre tonight for a class production of this semester’s Black Lavender class!!
Good news for Africana@Brown!
April 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Good news for Africana@Brown!
I will be in Chicago at Loyola next week on April 15. Come through if you are able! I will be professing Bethune.
April 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I will be in Chicago at Loyola next week on April 15. Come through if you are able! I will be professing Bethune.
I was in Tampa yesterday for a book event and my cousin @bakerstix came to support! I will let you guess what sorority she is part of. My stepmother, @pafiw21750 came out too. It was special to have family there.
April 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I was in Tampa yesterday for a book event and my cousin @bakerstix came to support! I will let you guess what sorority she is part of. My stepmother, @pafiw21750 came out too. It was special to have family there.