You’ll want to check out our new blog post, “Their Wins Are Their Own, Not Ours” by Jasmine Porter Rallins which examines the educational experiences of African American gifted students: https://t.co/m7jurSONcj #histed #twitterstorians

3. Part of the answer, which I'm exploring in my paper for the @HistEdUSA meeting in November, is that the opportunity to escape was viewed as necessary for reform. The thinking went that young men had to choose to participate in the program at OSRB to benefit from it.

Excited this history of Stephen Lenton, a pioneering LGBTQ+ student affairs professional @VCU in the 1970s, is in @NASPA_JWG. Grateful for the best coauthor @TimothyRCain and @NAEdu/@Spencer_Fdn funding. Support from @UARKLibraries provided open access. https://t.co/LYCgqhyfHI

“Teacher Blame as the Grammar of Public School Reform” by @DiaDamico: Teacher blame was a critical driver for fed intervention in public ed: https://t.co/DIHOpp9WZJ @UofNorthDakota @madebyhistory @ISCHE_org @HistEdSocUK @CHEA_ACHE @comiemx @NW17Histories #histed #twitterstorians

#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is probably a good day to note that many college towns were freaked out by the 1971 passage of the 26th Amendment. Some accepted that 18-year-old students could vote but others actively resisted and worked to disenfranchise the newly enfranchised.