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Educational Opportunity

Malcolm X at 100: Protecting the Genius We Too Often Abandon

This week, May 19, 2025, marked what would have been the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. We rightly celebrate his power and clarity, marking him a revolutionary icon. Yet, his...

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equity

What Malcolm X Taught Me About Education

Malcolm X would have turned 100 years old today, May 19, 2025. Worldwide, Malcolm’s birthday and legacy are being honored, and with it comes not only a moment of remembrance but an urgent invitation...

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School Funding

Progressives Talk Equity, But Where’s the Plan for Real School Change?

Whatever else the 2024 election results indicated, they did not end the United States’ core political predicament. It’s not asymmetrical polarization or gridlock (etc.), though those are certainly...

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whole child

Banning Race-Conscious Education Undermines the Science of Good Teaching

The Department of Education's new mandate banning race-conscious programs exposes a dangerous contradiction in American education. While teachers are expected — or, more factually, required — to...

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Teaching

Using Sinners to Teach the Past, Confront the Present, and Imagine Black Futures

“He knows that every time this happens he’s moved just a little closer to that darkness outside. The darkness outside is what the old folks have been talking about. It’s what they’ve come from. It’s...

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EdTech

The AI Literacy Gap: How Early Adopter Districts Are Leading the Way in K-12 Education

In the two years since ChatGPT’s release, generative AI (genAI) tools have flooded the K-12 education space. Each day, educators and administrators hear new claims about AI’s power to transform...

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