In 2005, civil rights leader and activist Robert Moses invited African American and Latino educators and activists to a conference at Howard U. where they discussed the creation of a grassroots movement to amend the Constitution to make quality education a constitutionally guaranteed right, as they saw minorities as excluded from quality education. In this volume, Perry (Africana studies and education, Simmons College), Moses, and others compile nine essays by educators and activists who discuss the idea; the history of equal education during emancipation, Reconstruction, and the progressive era; questions of how the Constitution can guarantee quality education and how to get there; how the fight can be waged at different government levels; definitions of quality education; and examples of it, including the work of the Baltimore Algebra Project, a summer math program, and culturally responsive teaching. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
