student achievement
Black and Latino Students Are Locked Out of Advanced Classes While White Students Reap the Benefits
In schools across America, Black and Latino students are being pushed into less advanced courses, while their White peers reap the benefits of taking advanced classes, setting them up for better...
Diversity
If You're Serious About Equity, Prove It by Including Leaders of Color at Your School
When I graduated from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education with a master’s degree in school leadership, I was confident I would quickly be hired as an administrator. I met all the requirements...
Charter Schools
Black Principals Matter
As we embark on Black History Month, it is important to illuminate the salience of high-quality leaders of color in schools across the country. Nationwide, only 10% of principals are Black, yet...
Achievement Gap
Everyone Progresses With a Progressive Platform, Except for Black and Brown Children.
I’ve had the chance to travel a lot in my work as an educator and activist, and frequently I find myself in what I call the “too-expensive-for-Black folks” cities. You know, those cities that present...
equity
Dr. King Would Have Shined a Light on the Shame of ‘Progressive’ Cities. So Should We.
On the day that the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was taken in 1968, he had become increasingly focused on the least of these, the poor, people suffering in the margins, families left behind as...
Diversity
We Have to Get Education Right for Black Students and Families in 2020
I’m just going to get straight to the point. In 2020—and beyond—we have to get education right for Black students and families. Point blank and period. I don’t subscribe to the “new year, new me”...
