Diversity
Why the Black Male Educator Conference Matters More Than Ever: A Decade of Community, Culture, & Liberation
I’ve been attending the Black Male Educator Conference (BMEC) since the very beginning—back in 2015, when 100 Black men teaching in Philadelphia gathered in a room for a radical revival to lift each...
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...
Achievement Gap
It's Time to Get Serious About Scaling Success in American Education
American education discourse has a masochistic streak. We obsess over failing schools, incompetent teachers, and disengaged students. We recite statistics about learning loss and international...
Educational Opportunity
ChatGPT Lied To Me About Charter Schools
Charter schools segregate Black and other minority students and worsen economic and racial isolation. That “fact” was given to me by the artificial “intelligence” of ChatGPT. A few days ago, I asked...
anti-racism
Learn, Baby, Learn: MLK Defended Self-Determination in Black Education
Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we must navigate competing realities: the enduring salience of his words and the ways they are all too often misused, the ways they are stripped of context,...
Math
Ed Post's Top Videos of 2024 Reveal the Truth About Education
Ed Post’s YouTube channel is a must-visit spot for real talk about education, history, and change. We laughed, learned, and supported each other while navigating challenging issues that can feel...
