Diversity
We Participated in #NationalWalkoutDay to Show How Gun Violence Affects Chicago Students
The clock strikes 9:50 a.m. as I sit in physics class. My teacher has given a momentum equation, but that is the least of my concerns. Tick...tock… The clock drags on and on leaving many of us...
California
How We Can Transform Schools Into Sites of Racial Healing
Students across the nation have joined in solidarity to ignite a long overdue national conversation on gun reform and school safety. So far, they’ve successfully garnered widespread public support...
U.S. Department of Education
School Districts Just Like Mine Are Balancing Budgets on the Backs of Kids
At 10:00 a.m. last Wednesday, students and educators across the country—including those at the school in which I teach—walked out of their buildings and observed 17 minutes of silence, one for each...
Poverty
Black Girls Need More Than Michelle Obama
There's danger in the singular Michelle Obama Black girl role-model narrative. There has been a beautiful picture circulating of a young African-American girl looking up in awe at Michelle Obama’s...
Charter Schools
Being a First-Generation College Student Is Rough, So I Wrote a Book on How to Do It Better
We have to do a better job of preparing students for college. As a young man growing up in Columbus, Ohio, the messaging was to simply graduate from high school. In elementary school, I knew that...
Diversity
I Used to Think Entrepreneurship Was Just for White Guys
The hustle never stops. This time, I was racing for an afternoon coffee with fellow entrepreneurs. I threw my University of Virginia Darden School of Business padfolio into my bag, tossed in a...
