Achievement Gap
The NAEPs of Wrath
How did you recognize NAEP Day this year? Many reveled in platitudes and short stories, mostly fiction, told to confirm our biases for this or that educational intervention. I’m reasonably...
Black teachers
The Villain in the Classroom? A Black Teacher Who Dares to Teach Truth
Throughout American history, Black educators who dare to teach truth have found themselves thrust into the center of a societal storm, vilified as boogeymen intent on dismantling the very fabric of...
Black teachers
Honoring Black History Means Honoring Black Educators
In the same way that Black History is as broad as all of American History, the legacy of Black educators is similarly expansive: Black teachers shape education and the entire profession and elevate...
Math
America’s Math Decline + AI’s Rise = An Education Crisis No One’s Ready For
I recently read a Facebook post in an educator’s group where a teacher was upset that a student had challenged him on a math problem. The student, confident in their reasoning, took the issue to the...
Diversity
Racial CrossFit Exercise for Black History Month: Study White Racism
"If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor...
Literacy
Teaching History Without Stories? Your Curriculum May Need a Serious Glow Up.
From its founding, the lodestone of the Knowledge Matters Campaign has been evidence-based, content-rich English language arts (ELA) curricula. A possible unintended consequence of the success of...