Last Sunday educators, students, and families marched in Philadelphia demanding a long overdue anti-racist action in the city’s schools, insisting that ant
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Now Is the Time to Remake Our Schools With Equity in Mind
This week, the school reopening conversation is largely about when we reopen schools. Some people, including our president, want schools to reopen widely,
Read MoreWhite Progressives Have a Lot of Work to Do, and I’m Not Here to Help
When I ran for school board it was the former Minneapolis mayor who was the first elected official to endorse me. She asked me a lot of questions, offered
Read MoreAward-Winning Teachers Demand 4 Anti-Racist Policies to Ensure Schools Are a Place of Liberation
As educators, and also as community members, parents, and learners, the undersigned 2018 Teachers of the Year, rise in solidarity with Black Lives Matter a
Read MoreLet’s Focus on Our Students’ Health and Humanity, Not on ‘Getting Back to Normal’
I almost forgot we were stuck at home. My daughter’s pre-K class was on a field trip to the zoo through a Zoom meeting and I could hear kids oohing and awi
Read MoreBlack Girls Need Police-Free Schools
We are at a precipice. Advocates and school leaders in nearly 100 districts all over the country have called for the removal of police in schools as a mean
Read MoreParents, It’s Way Past Time to Break Up With Traditional Education and School Funding
This pandemic is an opportunity to change not only how we educate children, but how we fund that education. Right now, school and district leaders are look
Read MoreQ&A: 12-Year-Old Amir Lumumba on Why Schools Need More Counselors and Fewer Cops
On Thursday, July 9 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. ET, brightbeam’s Director of Activism, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar will moderate a virtual town hall called #Reimaginging
Read MoreSeriously, Betsy? The Civil Rights Act
On Friday U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a statement celebrating the 56th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, passed in 1957 by a Republica
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