equity
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
The future that the Trump administration envisions for public schools is more patriotic, more Christian, and less “woke.” Want to know how that might play out? Look to Oklahoma. Oklahoma has spent...
bias
Want to Be an Engaged Citizen? Read Banned Books by Authors of Color.
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's words would have made her a literary giant no matter what, but her position as one of our country's 'most-banned' authors gives her an arguably more important...
anti-racism
Black Panther Party's Legacy: Empowering Education for Black Youth
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense will turn 59 this October. Its Ten-point Platform and Program, written by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, is as vital as ever. As a Black man who grew up as...
activism
American Education Has Never Been Neutral Ground
In the quiet of a classroom, courage can take many forms. Sometimes it looks like a teacher sliding a worn clipping from the Chicago Defender across a desk, telling students about an activist or...
equity
I Passed the Oklahoma Anti-Woke Teacher Certification Test
School began in Milwaukee this week. At my daughter’s elementary school, there was a balloon arch and a front walkway packed with students. Eager, anxious, bouncy. The unstoppable force of...
Diversity
When Education Becomes the Battlefield
Education today is contested ground, just as it has always been. To teach honestly about race, history, and power is to confront realities that challenge the world as it is. Across the country, we...
