Marginal Syllabus—When School is Not Enough: Understanding the Lives and Literacies of Black Youth

Join us for a discussion with the authors of “When School Is Not Enough: Understanding the Lives and Literacies of Black Youth,” our February reading for Marginal Syllabus. In the article, Valerie Kinloch, Tanja Burkhard, and Carlotta Penn detail the out-of-school literacy practices of two Black young men Khaleeq and Rendell, and discuss the importance of producing counter-narratives to negative messages that Khaleeq and Rendell receive in school about their intelligence and their community-based trajectories when “school is not enough.”

Guests

• Valerie Kinloch, Renée and Richard Goldman Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
• Tanja Burkhard, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
• Carlotta Penn, Educator and Daydreamer
• Michelle King, Educator
• Cherise McBride, Ph.D. Student, University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Related Links

• When School is Not Enough: Understanding the Lives and Literacies of Black Youth
• Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN: Marginal Syllabus 2018-19