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...
Special Education
Guess What, Equity and Equality Are Not the Same Thing
Two years ago in an Education Trust article, Blair Mann outlined the difference between equity and equality when it comes to student funding and why they are not equal. Should per student funding at...
Poverty
NAACP, Don’t End Up on the Wrong Side of History
The NAACP has always stood for hope, promise, equality and a brighter future. But now it stands in the way of those very things. A proposed moratorium on charter schools is putting the NAACP at odds...
School Funding
Teachers Unions Must Stop Standing With Republicans Against Closing the Equity 'Loophole' in Title I Funding
The Obama administration is trying to end a longstanding bit of systemic inequity in the public schools, but his officials are facing the stiff arm from an unlikely team: Republicans and their new...
equity
This Is the Summer of Race and Equity in Education
Ever since I can remember, each summer has had a theme, an idea that connects events and experience. Sometimes it’s as simple as “the summer of naps” or “the summer of adventure.” This summer’s theme...
Poverty
Here's What I Learned as the Token Latino Student in College
Looking back at my experience as a first-generation college student, I admittedly had no clue what I was doing. I nodded my head and asked questions without making it obvious that I didn’t know what...
