Stories

Making the Case for More Men of Color in Early Education

As educators, we have an obligation to give our students every opportunity to succeed. Parents rely on us to ensure their children are armed with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive once...

Poverty

Stop Berating Black and Brown Parents Over Charters (and Give Your Twitter Fingers a Rest)

I read too many education arguments for my own good. It’s a known issue in my household. The argument I find most cringe-inducing is the fight over charter schools. With the news that Secretary DeVos...

Achievement Gap

Without TFA, I Never Would Have Become the Principal I Am Today

My journey in the world of education started as a freshman at Howard University. Although I was a political science major, I always held a very strong interest in issues pertaining to education, and...

Diversity

Do I Really Have to Live in an All-White Neighborhood for My Kids to Get a Good Education?

I grew up in Queens (St. Albans), New York, and attended Andrew Jackson High School in the early ’90s. My family, who migrated to New York from the island of Jamaica in the late '70s, was unconcerned...

Diversity

All the Black Kids Are Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria

I attended a predominantly Latino grammar school. We were all friends for the most part—the Black students, Mexican students and the few White students that went there. But whenever there was a...

Diversity

Up Until Ninth Grade, I Had Zero Male Teachers of Color. Here's Why That Matters.

For 10 years—the first decade I was in school—all my teachers were White women. As a Mexican-American kid, I didn’t get the chance to have a man of color as a teacher until high school. Going into my...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Making the Case for More Men of Color in Early Education

Stop Berating Black and Brown Parents Over Charters (and Give Your Twitter Fingers a Rest)

Without TFA, I Never Would Have Become the Principal I Am Today

Do I Really Have to Live in an All-White Neighborhood for My Kids to Get a Good Education?

All the Black Kids Are Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria

Up Until Ninth Grade, I Had Zero Male Teachers of Color. Here's Why That Matters.