I Know What the Challenges Are for Black Teachers and How to Start Fixing Them

I Know What the Challenges Are for Black Teachers and How to Start Fixing Them

I will never forget the moment last year when a seventh-grade African American student came to my door and said, “Mr. Taylor, I just wanted to stop by and

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We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

One year ago, my now-kindergartener left his bustling and diverse transitional kindergarten classroom with sensory learning areas designed for academic and

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This Teacher Uses the Beatles To Teach His Students Latin

This Teacher Uses the Beatles To Teach His Students Latin

We value innovation here at Education Post, and New Jersey teacher Keith Andrew Massey is chock full of it.  Massey teaches Latin. We’re still living throu

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Following the Chauvin Trial Is Traumatic. Don't Turn Away.

Following the Chauvin Trial Is Traumatic. Don’t Turn Away.

When we bear witness, when we become the situation—homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death—the right action arises by itself. We don’t have to worr

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Here's How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

Here’s How Culturally Sustaining Curriculum Roots Students in a Legacy of Strength

I started my teaching career teaching music. I’d been a professional musician for a decade—performing, touring and recording jazz and Latin music. With som

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Y'all Know These Schools Got Derek Chauvins and Bystander Cops Too Right?

Y’all Know These Schools Got Derek Chauvins and Bystander Cops Too Right?

Can we get into this conversation about how school districts, teachers unions and police unions are triplets? Because they all have the exact same DNA when

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7 Steps to Help You Implement Trauma-Informed Practices at Your School

7 Steps to Help You Implement Trauma-Informed Practices at Your School

The only way to implement something well is through trial and error. In 2017, I proposed to my principal that teachers should adapt to trauma-informed educ

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We Learned a Lot About What Our Students Actually Need This Year. Now We Must Do Better.

We Learned a Lot About What Our Students Actually Need This Year. Now We Must Do Better.

We have all been steeped in the vivid, traumatic consequences of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with regard to a year of disrupted learning for

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See Who Made Brightbeam's 2021 List of Rising Women

See Who Made Brightbeam’s 2021 List of Rising Women

For Women’s History Month, we asked readers on social media to nominate the women who are changing education for the better. It was hard to cut the nominee

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