Diversity
I Was at the 'Hamilton' Performance With Mike Pence and I Saw Something You Didn't See on Twitter
By the time I was running down 46th Street to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City this past Friday night, I’d been consuming all things "Hamilton" for months. I had the book. I’d watched...
Diversity
Here's the Truth About Why There Are So Few Native American Teachers
Throughout my 11 years of teaching, and three semesters of teaching future and current teachers at the college level, I can count on one hand the number of American Indian teachers either already in...
Diversity
Congratulations on Being a Good Person, But That Doesn't Excuse Racism.
Dear America, We must do better. After too many highly-publicized murders of Black men at the hands of police, I am reminded of how much further we have to go as a country. How many times will we as...
Achievement Gap
I Just Couldn’t Trust a Diverse Suburb With My Black Daughter’s Education
People loosely use the term “good schools and diversity” without looking into it or researching what that means. When you get below the surface, it means achievement for the White kids, but not for...
Achievement Gap
Richard Whitmire's 'The Founders' Is Turning Myths on Their Heads
Richard Whitmire’s new book, “The Founders,” offers a virtual tour through the moves, machinations and mindsets that led to the growth of a particular flavor of public charter schooling. Rather than...
Poverty
Do You Think of Dallas as a Leader on Integrating Schools? Maybe You Should.
Dallas has been in the news lately for its ongoing conversations about race and class in the wake of tragic shootings. Like other American cities, Dallas is highly segregated by income and race, and...
