anti-racism

Ethan Ashley is the president of the Orleans Parish School Board, which regained full control of New Orleans public schools on July 1, 2018. New Orleans is

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the profound inequities in education, especially for Black and brown students. The upheaval of the past y

How many times have we heard it said that “these are unprecedented times?” That statement may have provided some comfort at the start of the pandemic, but

Over the past year, I have been able to read a ton of great books focused on social justice, culturally relevant pedagogy, and disrupting white supremacy c

Transparent moment. There have been at least 50 separate occasions throughout my adult life where I’ve contemplated leaving this rollercoaster of a relatio

As the school year begins, we hear lots of deficit-laden words like “Title I,” “tough,” “low-income,” and “low-achieving” to describe primarily Black and b

This is the note. This is the note. Mr. Walters, my middle school choir teacher, took his love of music and teaching music seriously. He would say those wo

Education remains one of the Black community’s most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learnin

I can name the Black educators I had growing up on one hand.  One. Hand.  And if I add the ones I had in college and graduate school, I’m still on that sam