Late last month, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Antwan Wilson was nominated to become the new school chief of D.C. Public Schools. T
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As Long as People Continue to Believe There’s a Post-Racial America, We’ll Never Be Able to ‘Keep It Real’
Black people in general advance American culture. When you look at the history of American music, you need look no further than jazz and hip-hop to see tha
Read MoreFour Educators, Three Days, 600 miles, One Mazda, Kids From Five Universities and Infinite Hugs
The Lincoln High School Alumni Support Tour was born from the struggles we saw in our first-generation college students. Over the last decade we’ve built a
Read MoreI Was the Smart Black Girl Schooled in a White World But Zip Code Shouldn’t Matter Anymore
So much has already been said about the current election. People are disappointed. People are in shock. People are in fear. As a school leader, I am trying
Read MoreBlack Teachers Are Tired of Feeling Tolerated. We Want to Feel Empowered, Supported and Celebrated.
Where are all the Black teachers? This is a question I’ve asked myself and others for the last few years now. But it wasn’t until recently that the answer
Read MoreI Did Everything I Could to Reach This Student But I Still Lost Him to the Streets
Three years ago this September, Marquise* walked in on the opening day of school at Baker College Prep and carried himself with the quiet confidence of a l
Read MoreI Thought People Like Me Didn’t Go to Ivy League Schools. I Proved Myself Wrong.
Last year, during my senior year at IDEA Quest College Preparatory in Edinburg, Texas, I asked my brother, Danny, where I should apply to college. “Princet
Read MoreCoffee Break: BIE’s Brad Jupp on Native American Education, Embracing Tribal Culture and Sharing Stories of Hope
Brad Jupp is a former teacher with the Denver Public Schools who worked in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration. More recently
Read MoreThe Ogden-Jenner School Merger Should Happen. Period.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will soon make a decision that will either allow it to leverage itself as a true champion for racial integration or affirm its
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