IEP
Fellow Black Parents, It's Time to Break the Silence About Our Kids With Disabilities
My mom and society have taught me that it is rude to offer advice when no one asks for it. But Black folks aren’t talking about disabilities with each other, and that silence is negatively affecting...
Literacy
Reading the Right Books, Not Just the White Books, Will Help Black Students Succeed
Dear Black Students: I want to tell you something controversial, something different from the messages most people will give you. I want you to know that simply reading books isn’t the key to...
student achievement
Don't Integrate Schools Just to Benefit White Kids
White progressive educators and parents, I know lots of you. And I know you think diversity in schools is important. But you all are pushing a sales job on other White parents that has harmful...
Special Education
Here’s What Children With Disabilities and Their Families Want Teachers to Know as We Start the School Year
As a mom of a child with disabilities, I know we parents can spend the early days of the school year terrified that a new classroom teacher won’t know how to support our children. In hopes of showing...
bias
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
This week America celebrated the 99th anniversary of the 19th Amendment's passage, which granted women the right to vote. However, like much of American history, the words in our Constitution don’t...
bias
No English Teacher Gets to Tell Me How to Understand Toni Morrison
This week, the entire nation is mourning the death of writer Toni Morrison. Book lovers of all races, ethnicities, genders and sexualities recognize the genius of her art. However, for Black women,...
