Teaching
We All Hate Professional Development, But Some of Y’all Need It
Teachers enjoy the summer break, too. However, depending on when school gets out, summer vacation may be winding down already. If that is the case in your area, that means people are in for the start...
Charter Schools
At Freedom School Literacy Academy, Black Pride and Academic Achievement Go Hand-in-Hand
Erika Asikoye is the Director of the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA) at The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The FSLA, for the third consecutive summer, is...
CRT
Counterstorytelling Is at the Heart of Anti-Racist Teaching
Counterstorytellling is so much more than just a tenant of critical race theory. It is at the heart of what we do as antiracist teachers. For Black and brown educators, our presence has always been...
Charter Schools
A ‘Whole Child’ Approach Will Be More Important Than Ever This Fall
With summer here and life as we remember emerges, the open doors and public gatherings herald a return to normal. When it comes to schools reopening in the fall, however, normal should not be the...
anti-racism
School Leaders, Not Politicians, Should Be Making Decisions about How to Teach Our History
Everybody's gettin' bands, we just dance to different drums. I like who I've become. -Jay Z,“Sorry, Not Sorry” Allow me to apologize in advance because as a school leader, I will continue to discuss...
CRT
Critical Race Theory Bans Are White Supremacy’s Trojan Horse
Y’all, are they still teaching Greek mythology in schools? Interestingly, it used to be one of my favorite subjects in grammar school. Now, in retrospect—and with an abolitionist mind—I realize it...
