Teaching
My Student Asked Me If I Was Racist So I Told the Truth and Said Yes
“Mr. Wright, are you racist?” My West Philadelphia classroom, which had been filled with the sounds of shuffling papers, squeaking chairs, and the quintessential high-paced chatter of teenagers, got...
Achievement Gap
Schools Don't Need to Ban Homework, They Just Need to Make It Better
School districts around the country are doing away with homework, according to the latest education headlines. But research clearly shows that the solution to homework isn’t to abolish it. Instead,...
California
XQ’s 19th Super School Is an Oakland Diverse-by-Design Charter High School Founded by a Local Teacher
Today, Latitude High School becomes the 19th XQ Super School, and receives a five-year, $10 million grant to further its innovative work deepening students’ connections to their hometown, the city of...
student achievement
Holding Teachers Accountable Without Adequate Teacher Prep Programs Is a Set-Up
One of my resolutions for this new year is to think outside of silos and to start connecting the dots between the wide, disparate, and interwoven factors within education, among them teacher...
anti-racism
SAT Administrators Think It’s Impossible for This Black Girl to Have Raised Her Score by 300 Points
The number 22 stared me in the face. “Well, that’s as good as it’s gonna get, I guess,” I said with a shrug as I reviewed my ACT score when I was 17. My mom, my sisters, my friends all said, “Nah,...
equity
After a Year Like 2018, Teachers Can No Longer Stay Silent About Injustice
After a year like this one, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting and questioning how so many injustices can still exist in our nation today. Just think about it. In 2018, we saw two Black men get...
