Stories

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...

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equity

Independence Day Is Still Unfinished Business for Black Students

Every year, the Fourth of July arrives wrapped in red, white, and blue Americana—a spectacle of fireworks, parades, and proclamations of freedom. But for Black Americans, this national celebration is...

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Teaching

Start Building the Schools Our Children Deserve

Black and brown children need great schools. They needed them throughout history, and they need them today. Access to great schools, across time and geography, has been punishingly rare. So it’s...

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Teaching

We’re Not Teaching to Survive the Moment. We’re Teaching to Restore the World.

Teaching The Now As Sacred Sometimes, when I walk into a classroom or sit in a circle with educators or students, I remind myself: This is sacred work. Not just because it’s important, but because...

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Black teachers

This Month We Celebrate Members of the Black Educator Hall of Fame

Ed Post has partnered with the Center for Black Educator Development and Philly's 7th Ward to lift some of the greatest minds in Black education, the Black Educator Hall of Fame. There will be one...

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anti-racism

Black Boys and Men Need More Appreciation and Less Stereotyping

For those of us who’ve been educators for decades, social media can reveal the reverberating impact of our efforts, and sometimes the work that remains to be done. It is inspiring and poignant to...

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