Stories

6 Women Educators in History You May Not Know About

In honor of Women’s History Month, I want to dedicate this piece to the phenomenal women educators and activists who have played a major role in the fight for liberation and justice throughout...

Inclusion

8 Things That Make a Good School

Educators have difficulty agreeing upon what makes a “good school.” My thoughts about this topic have continued to change as I progressed through K-12, earned my bachelor’s degree, began teaching,...

Math

The Calculus Of Change: Math As A Gateway To Success, Not Gatekeeper

After wrapping up 2024's Black History Month, I’ll present to a group of kindergarten students from New Jersey. As I consider what I want to get across to these young African American babies, my...

School Choice

Zero-Sum Vote: A Plea To Listen To Black And Brown Parents

Once advocates for public school choice and diverse educational options, Democrats have lost their commitment to innovation. They lack fresh ideas, and their resistance to developing new schools...

anti-racism

Discovering Forgotten Black Stories: Anger, Pride, And Determination

I was rushing to catch a plane last year when a piece of Black history stopped me in my tracks at an airport bookstore: a book titled American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men who Became...

Social Emotional Learning

Can Black Students Get the Same Emotional Freedom as Travis Kelce?

Listen y’all, I’ve seen the Travis Kelce emotional outburst scenario play one too many times in the different schools I’ve worked in over the past 17 years. To pretend as if this doesn’t happen in...