Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

Kwame Sarfo-Mensah is the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, a global educational consulting firm that specializes in developing K-12 teachers into identity-affirming educators. Throughout his 17-year career as a classroom teacher, author, and consultant, Kwame has earned numerous accolades for this work, which include being honored as the 2019 National Member of the Year by Black Educators Rock, Inc. and being recognized as a Top Education Influencer by brightbeam, Inc. in 2021 and 2022. His newest book, "Learning to Relearn: Supporting Identity in a Culturally Affirming Classroom", is out now.

Posts By Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

Social Emotional Learning

If You Think SEL Matters in Schools, Now's a Good Time for Us All to Get on the Same Page

We can’t have a serious conversation about educational equity without having a normed understanding of what social emotional learning should look and sound like in our schools. Furthermore, you...

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Math

Don't Create Math Trauma by Shaming Students' Curiosity

If you ask the average person how math was taught to them as a child, they’ll more than likely tell you that their teacher taught them how to solve problems step-by-step, but never took the time to...

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anti-racism

How Privilege, Positionality and Power Can Radically Improve Your Relationships With Students

For the longest time, I solely viewed my identity through the lens of race. It wasn’t until I delved into Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw’s work on intersectionality that I became more aware of how the other...

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Math

How My 4-Year-Old Just Broke Down Combining Triangles to Form Polygons

In his four years of existence, my son Thaddeus has developed a knack for building and connecting things. If he gets a bag of jumbo Legos, he will create an entire jungle filled with imaginary...

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Teaching

Criticizing Teachers Who Leave Will Not Fix the Teacher Shortage

I’ve come to accept that no matter how much I love teaching, the education system will never love me back. I’ve known this for a while, but a part of me used to believe that the system would one day...

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anti-racism

Black Families Shouldn't Have to Leave America to Know the Privileges of Liberty, But Mine Did

As I sit here and reflect on this Fourth of July, I once again find myself conflicted with the moral and ethical compass of America. Then again, these conflicted feelings have served as a constant...

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