Stories

Here's How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

I started my teaching career teaching music. I’d been a professional musician for a decade—performing, touring and recording jazz and Latin music. With some experience as a teaching artist and a...

Diversity

Cultural Competence Only Goes So Far. Kids Need Teacher Diversity.

I am a middle school science teacher. When covering the laws of physics, I teach that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” This statement has applications beyond Newtonian formulas. I...

Diversity

Yes, White Teachers Still Need to Be Ready to Talk to Students About Race

“What’s the difference between a killing and a lynching?” The question popped up on my phone through the Google Hangouts app I installed in March. Since starting remote learning, my students Gchat me...

Diversity

How to Raise Children Who Celebrate Diversity

Nearly a century ago, Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, said, It costs so little to teach a child to love, and so much to teach him to hate. Recent horrific events show how much racial...

Diversity

George Floyd Is Proof America Needs More Black Teachers

America, 2020: A Black man is recorded being killed in broad daylight by a White police officer trained to “protect and serve.” As videos and eyewitnesses begin to uncover the lies told about George...

opportunity gap

5 Ways School Leaders Can Begin to Better Equip Themselves to Deal With the Challenge We're Facing

One of my mentors begins each interrogative problem-solving conversation with the same question, “Who knew what, when, and what did you do about it?” The question pushes us to think and rely on our...

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Stories

Here's How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

Cultural Competence Only Goes So Far. Kids Need Teacher Diversity.

Yes, White Teachers Still Need to Be Ready to Talk to Students About Race

How to Raise Children Who Celebrate Diversity

George Floyd Is Proof America Needs More Black Teachers

5 Ways School Leaders Can Begin to Better Equip Themselves to Deal With the Challenge We're Facing

Support Education Equity