If you are a part of any black or brown girl's life, please read this book. We really have to examine how we raise these children and let's take notes from an expert. This book describes what we are currently doing and what we should be doing instead in terms of cultivating spaces for black and brow ...more

How can we better protect and help liberate black and brown girls, we need to know and understand them and stop overlooking them. Monica Morris has once again open my eyes to better understanding and protecting black and brown girls.. Liking their rhythm is not enough we must empathize and understan ...more

I wish there was the option for extra stars. This book transcended my expectations and I recommend it above pretty much any other book in terms of a resource for teachers and youth workers. ...more

I wanted to love this book. At the end, I respected it--I know it's an important step in the publishing world to have a subtitle that explicitly mentions the liberation of black and brown girls--but I didn't love it.

Morris says she will not detail the failures of the past but the successes of progr ...more

Everything Morris writes is critically important. I'm grateful for her work and hope more educators of BIPOC students use her work as the framework for their teaching. ...more

I really enjoyed reading this book - an insightful examination into our current education system and the school to prison pipeline for young girls. There are so many helpful methods and techniques to be adopted by schools, teachers, and education policy makers outlined in this book. A recommended re ...more

Enjoyed and learned from start to finish. Recommend the audio version. ...more

really really good, probably my favourite education book in a while. definitely required reading for all teachers, especially white ones! ...more

Net Galley provided me with an ARC of this book, and I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to read it. I think I can best review this book (and demonstrate its importance) by sharing what resonated with me.

First, in between the chapters are interludes. These are short songs, poems, and indiv ...more

Monique Morris' Pushout was a unique experience, so I was very excited to receive an ARC of Sing A Rhythm, Dance a Blues. In the book, Morris talks about the issues that are faced by black and brown girls across the country, talking about a need for restoration and understanding of these girls and t ...more

The sequel to Pushout, this book takes a deep dive into culturally sustaining, abolitionist educational practices for Black and Brown girls. A must read for educators and those who work in schools and community based organizations. ...more

Took my time with this book. Wanted to process as I read each chapter.
Morris offers practical advice along with the research for reaching and empowering this segment of our education community. ...more

Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues is Dr. Monique Morris's bracing follow-up to her 2015 study, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. Black and Brown girls experience a shockingly disproportionate rate of disciplinary action in U.S. schools, often leading to incarceration. Moreover, Morr ...more

Monique Morris’ book lays out a strong case for focusing our educational work on black and brown girls. The facts speak for themselves. She interweaves poetry from black and brown blues singers as a way to foster the connection between community and culture as a way to restore justice for our black ...more

“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to beat him temporarily at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” Audre Lorde

Education is freedom work, and if we continue to uphold the educational institution without acknowledging t ...more

Absolutely a necessary read for educators this is a follow up to her first that I took a lot from as well. I've had this on order and have been waiting to get it and read it.

The form and function of Morris' message works alongside the organization that allows educators to digest each word, each quo ...more

Many will not want to believe the information in this work but it is real. One reason people will want to disregard this information is that it shows a less than admirable face of American society. Another reason some will rant against this work is that is shows the way young people are marginalized ...more

"Millions of people consume the blues as entertainment without acknowledging its most important contributions to the freedom struggle: a platform for truth telling, a form of resistance, and thus a pathway to healing and learning." -Monique W. Morris

I believe this book is required reading for anyone ...more

This beautiful masterpiece examines and tells how we can be of light, inspiration, and guidance to the black and brown girls in our lives. In a school and community point of view, this book explains the appropriate ways in which we should address and assist our black and brown girls in the classroom ...more

Not only is this the perfect follow up to Pushout, Morris lists many practical solutions for schools who want to shift to recovery and reconciliation for Black girls in public schools. I wrote a list of every model and method she has used and seen in other schools, and I’m giving it straight to my a ...more