By Michael Tyler What kind of heart does sculpt a soul With the chisel of contempt, And gravely carve, in perpetuity, The course of violent change?  What kind of mind can conjure thoughts Of grisly gore and gruesome carnage, And spawn those fiendish feats That elude fair understanding?  What kind of eye does see a child As ready ammunition, To aim with callous cause AndContinue reading "‘One September Morning’ by Michael Tyler"

Plan to Address and Remedy Ongoing Disability and Racial Discrimination Against Students After months of negotiations, the Black Parallel School Board (BPSB) and individual families have finalized a five-year plan that improves policies to ensure that students with disabilities, and particularly Black students with disabilities, are no longer subjected to unnecessary exclusion from integrated environments,Continue reading "Black Parallel School Board Finalizes 5-Year Monitoring Plan with Sacramento City Schools"

I lived on a block when I was a child. There were eight homes on each side of the street. I knew everyone who lived in each house. The people who lived on the blocks around me could say the same. Today, I live in a building with ten floors and eighty apartments. There areContinue reading "Michael Tyler: ‘What We Landmark in Our Hearts’"