Literacy
Kids Need to Write More. A Lot More.
Growing up with teachers for parents, my siblings and I were taught that writing is an indispensable skill. We attended rigorous schools and enrichment programs that provided us with many...
School Funding
Schools Need Resources to Help Us Get Through This Tough Time
Co-authored by Lauren Jacobs, a Senior Consultant at the Partnership for the Future of Learning. In 1967, Elvis Presley released “Run On,” his version of the old folk song, “God’s Gonna Cut You...
School Discipline
This School Really Called the Police on a Black Child for Playing With a Toy Gun on Camera
Recently, I saw a mother post on Facebook about how her son’s school called the cops on her child. In the post, the mother details how her son is playing with a toy gun during one of his online...
equity
Black Boys Don’t Need You to Fix Them
White people need to watch the new film, “Black Boys.” There is only one problem—I am worried that it will prove to be a siren song to white people. It will call to them, reach out into their living...
anti-racism
One Incident Can Tragically Alter a Black Boy's Life
Do you know how it feels to almost drown? I will never forget that feeling. I was 7 years old and knew I could not swim; still, I just had to dangle my feet into the pool’s deep end. The neighborhood...
COVID-19
What if We Actually Embraced Technology in the Classroom?
The academic spring semester took an extraordinary turn as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world. State shutdowns and stay-at-home orders shuttered schools and colleges, with 98% of institutions...
