America Won't Live Up to the Promise of "Liberty and Justice for All" Until It Includes All Students

America Won’t Live Up to the Promise of “Liberty and Justice for All” Until It Includes All Students

Usually, I start my mornings by watching reruns of my favorite 90s sitcoms like Living Single and Martin, but on this day, my eyes were glued to The View.

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We Owe It to Our Students to Do Some Racial Justice Homework This Summer

We Owe It to Our Students to Do Some Racial Justice Homework This Summer

This has been the longest year of my teaching career. Not literally, of course. Like many of you, I’ve worked about 200 days since last August, just as I d

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5 Tips to Rid Your School Faculty of Racists

5 Tips to Rid Your School Faculty of Racists

The insurrection of January 6, 2021 was a dark day in our nation’s history. What makes it even darker is that public servants took part in the dysfunction.

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6 Questions Every Black Teacher Should Ask When Joining a New School

6 Questions Every Black Teacher Should Ask When Joining a New School

For many teachers, the end of the school year not only serves as an opportunity to deeply reflect on how the year went, but also a time to reevaluate wheth

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Black Principals Can Serve as a Bridge To Get More Black Teachers Into the Classroom

Black Principals Can Serve as a Bridge To Get More Black Teachers Into the Classroom

The research is clear on the impact of Black teachers on Black student achievement. Black students who have had at least one Black teacher are more likely

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5 Ways We Can Start to Dismantle White Supremacy in Our Schools

5 Ways We Can Start to Dismantle White Supremacy in Our Schools

All children deserve a good education, but too many of them do not receive one. Unsurprisingly, students who are most likely to attend under-resourced scho

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Happy african american boy playing with her smiling father at home

Making a Difference: Black Father Advocates for Students with Special Needs

This blog post highlights the inspiring story of a Black father and educator advocating for students with special needs, particularly his son with autism.

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Our Co-Teaching Relationship Helped Ease the Daily Pressures of Teaching, Even During a Pandemic

Our Co-Teaching Relationship Helped Ease the Daily Pressures of Teaching, Even During a Pandemic

It was early March 2020 at Boston Collegiate Charter School in Boston, Massachusetts. We—two seasoned public school educators—were getting ready to wrap up

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It's Up to Us to Teach the Real History of Greenwood to Future Generations

It’s Up to Us to Teach the Real History of Greenwood to Future Generations

One hundred years ago in Tulsa, a white mob looted, burned, and firebombed the community of Greenwood, home to Black Wall Street—a thriving economic and so

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