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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

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

The future that the Trump administration envisions for public schools is more patriotic, more Christian, and less “woke.” Want to know how that might play out? Look to Oklahoma. Oklahoma has spent...

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equity

From Data to Agency: How Oakland Students Are Becoming Leaders in Their Own Education

At Energy Convertors, we believe that knowledge is power, and nowhere is this more evident than when students dive deep into their own educational data. Over the years, our driving force has been...

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Diversity

Half of the States Won’t Comply with Trump’s Push to Defund Schools Over DEI

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if...

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equity

I Passed the Oklahoma Anti-Woke Teacher Certification Test

School began in Milwaukee this week. At my daughter’s elementary school, there was a balloon arch and a front walkway packed with students. Eager, anxious, bouncy. The unstoppable force of...

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student support

Trump Administration Threatens to Cut Sex Ed Funding in 40 States Over Gender Identity Lessons

The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from 40 states for a sex education program aimed at vulnerable teens unless those states remove references in their curriculum to...

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