Diversity
Teaching Patriotism: Embracing Multiple Paths in Our Curriculum
The future of civic education and social studies is on the ballot in November. Hold your eye roll. I know this is instance No.1,292 of someone telling you that catastrophe looms for “X” if you vote...
Diversity
How Do We Make Our Classrooms Feel Like Home to Each and Every Student?
For context, I’m a first-generation Ghanaian American who has spent all but three years of my life living outside of Ghana. While I mostly understand my family’s home language, Twi, I grew up not...
Diversity
DEI Is The New N-Word
The terms/acronyms “woke,” “DEI,” and “CRT” are used in a derogatory way, interchangeably, as a coded language to signify or designate a Black person as either Black or the N-word. Political...
Diversity
DEI Is The Boogeyman Of Far Right Fairytales, But What Is It In Real Life?
To hear some MAGA folks talk about DEI sounds a lot like the scene in the first John Wick movie when Viggo explains to his son why they liken the unstoppable assassin to the mythical creature Baba...
equity
Black Teacher Who Let Students Braid Hair Needs Guidance, Not Punishment
There has already been so much conversation about this teacher, who ended up getting fired (allegedly) for live-streaming his students unbraiding his hair. For the record, I believe there’s more to...
Inclusion
8 Things That Make a Good School
Educators have difficulty agreeing upon what makes a “good school.” My thoughts about this topic have continued to change as I progressed through K-12, earned my bachelor’s degree, began teaching,...
