Youth Education

The Promise of Youth Anti-citizenship argues that Black youth and youth of color have been cast as anti-citizens, disenfranchised from the social, political, and economic mainstream of American life. Instead of asking youth to conform to a larger societal structure undergirded by racial capitalism and antiblackness, the volume's contributors propose that the collective practice of anti-citizenship opens up a liberatory space for youth to challenge the social order.

Following in the rich traditions in African American cooperative economic and educational thought, teacher-organizer Jay Gillen describes the Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP) as a youth-run cooperative enterprise in which young people direct their peers' and their own learning for a wage. BAP and similar enterprises are creating an educational network of empowered, employed students. Gillen argues that this is a proactive political, economic, and educational structure that builds relationships among and between students and their communities.

The role of AI in education is multifaceted. It's not merely a subject matter to be taught; it's a catalyst for a broader transformation in how we learn, how we think, and how we prepare for a future where AI is an integral part of our daily lives. AI can be an enabler for personalized, adaptive learning experiences. It can assist educators in providing timely and meaningful feedback to students, ultimately improving the quality of education.