Stories

Students of Color Need to See More People of Color. That Shouldn't Be Controversial.

I spent most of my first year of grad school sitting in the back row of class with my hood up. There were nearly 40 of us in the cohort. Two were Black. My hoodie was an act of silent dissent. Today,...

Diversity

If We Really Want to Teach Black History in Schools, We're Going to Need More Diverse Books

In 2018, classrooms around the country still do not have enough books that accurately depict the unsullied experiences of Black Americans. Every Black History Month, teachers develop curricula often...

Achievement Gap

Here's One Way We Could Keep More Black Male Educators in the Classroom

Does being me give me an advantage in my inner-city classroom? I often reflect on this question because every school year I learn from a handful of students that I am their very first Black male...

School Discipline

Here's How the #MeToo Movement Is Continuing in Our Schools

In her Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey addressed young girls around the globe by saying, "When that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of...

Diversity

Black Literature Still Matters After February

I remember how it felt to read “Macbeth” for my high school English class. I yawned as my head went down on my desk. When I looked around, I noticed I wasn’t the only one of my classmates...

anti-racism

We Can’t All Be Sojourner Truth But We Can All Make Our Mark

When we think about Black history, most of us think about the marches, protests and dignified resolve of our civil rights heroes. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks have become beloved symbols...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Students of Color Need to See More People of Color. That Shouldn't Be Controversial.

If We Really Want to Teach Black History in Schools, We're Going to Need More Diverse Books

Here's One Way We Could Keep More Black Male Educators in the Classroom

Here's How the #MeToo Movement Is Continuing in Our Schools

Black Literature Still Matters After February

We Can’t All Be Sojourner Truth But We Can All Make Our Mark