equity
To Teach Black Children Superbly Is a Revolutionary Act
Dear Freedom School Literacy Team, Across the nation, we started the summer of 2020, lighting up the streets with rage. We rage for George Floyd’s senseless strangulation. We rage for Ahmaud Arbery,...
Achievement Gap
If You Really Want to Make a Difference in Black Lives, Change How You Teach White Kids
The latest episodes of police murdering Black people have my chest burning like a building set ablaze. My heart is hot, my stomach churns. My head filled with black smoke. I am exhausted. My body is...
equity
This Moment Demands a New, Race-Conscious Approach to Education
All across the country confederate statues are coming down, schools and road names are changing too. In my home state, New Mexico, we’re beginning to address our statues, buildings and roads that...
opportunity gap
Here's Why This Year's AP Exams Never Should Have Happened
High school students are graduating into an uncertain world. As a high school physics teacher in Boston Public Schools (BPS), I have seen the many ways that the pandemic has robbed our seniors of...
School Discipline
Are You An Anti-Racist Educator? Here Are Seven Questions to Help You Decide.
Last week, something in my spirit told me to create an Instagram post on Canva that stated the following: Okay people, the jury is out! What’s the verdict? Are you ANTIRACIST or AUNTIE RACIST?...
bias
Gianna Was Right, Her Daddy Changed the World
Four weeks ago, a Black man was lynched. In 2020. I remind myself of that fact each day so that I do not forget what we saw, what happened—that we witnessed a man take his last breath. In the days...
