anti-racism

Welcome back to a new year of students and teaching! For some of you, this will be your first group of students and they will make a lasting impact on your

My social media feeds were drenched with homophobia this week. People were saying how they really felt about my state, Illinois, joining other states manda

Every student deserves the chance to tell their story. Three years ago, to me, the daily proceedings at the vast majority of schools across my home state o

Joining a new school community comes with a unique set of challenges. In addition to the difficulties inherent in any new school year, new teachers must al

A tradition for many schools that educate predominately Black children involves welcoming the children back with scores of Black men cheering them on as th

“The Holocaust was an atrocity.” This was the example I gave my eighth graders as we were learning our words of the week. And with one word, I learned that

I was recently the subject of a hit piece in the Huffington Post, which tried to connect me to the Koch brothers because, as a volunteer in my local NAACP

America is more diverse than it’s ever been, as are the students attending public schools, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at individual schools. In fa

With so many pressing issues that threaten our planet, our elections, and our major institutions, why do I live and breathe education activism?  For me the