Achievement Gap
96% of Pennsylvania’s Teachers Are White. That’s a Problem.
Imagine a doctor knowing vital, life-saving information about your health, but not sharing it with you. It would be not only unacceptable, it would be grounds for dismissal. Choosing not to act, when...
Diversity
The New Niagara Initiative is Amplifying Black Voices to Improve Black Education
The New Niagara project is a modern-day initiative with deep historical roots, designed to define and improve the state of Black education in the United States. Based on the spirit of the original...
Diversity
How Do We Make Our Classrooms Feel Like Home to Each and Every Student?
For context, I’m a first-generation Ghanaian American who has spent all but three years of my life living outside of Ghana. While I mostly understand my family’s home language, Twi, I grew up not...
Diversity
The DNC’s Missteps Reminded Us About The Importance Of DEIJ Work In Schools
Last month, I tuned into the Democratic National Convention online. The one thing that was very clear to me was the Democratic Party’s attempt to be inclusive of and honor the intersections of many...
School Choice
Education Department Debate Is About Creating Anti-LGBTQ+ Worldview
Fact: MAGA Republicans want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). It’s one of the few items on the to-do list of Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (AKA “Agenda...
Diversity
DEI Is The New N-Word
The terms/acronyms “woke,” “DEI,” and “CRT” are used in a derogatory way, interchangeably, as a coded language to signify or designate a Black person as either Black or the N-word. Political...