Fixing School Discipline Policies Requires Listening and Looking at the Data

Fixing School Discipline Policies Requires Listening and Looking at the Data

Research tells us that despite past efforts of educators and education advocates, Black and Latinx students are still consistently suspended at disproporti

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Student Noor Bowman on Evening Out the Playing Field and Telling the Whole Story

Student Noor Bowman on Evening Out the Playing Field and Telling the Whole Story

A couple of years ago, Noor, a young high school student who was interning at a local radio station, reached out to me for an interview. She was researchin

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If Your Students Seem Unmotivated, Maybe It's Time to Go Deep on Why

If Your Students Seem Unmotivated, Maybe It’s Time to Go Deep on Why

Most of us don’t think about motivation on a day-to-day basis. It’s when we want to change habits or accomplish something new and bold that we once again b

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To Defeat Implicit Bias, Try Project-Based Learning

To Defeat Implicit Bias, Try Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning is a very powerful practice for accelerating important learning for Black, Brown, and low-income kids. It provides “voice and choice

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I Knew I Wanted to Teach Kids Whose Backgrounds Looked Just Like Mine'

I Knew I Wanted to Teach Kids Whose Backgrounds Looked Just Like Mine’

Nylah Newkirk, Da´Montae Neclos and Dionte Edmonds fall out laughing while describing the unforgettable morning when their math teacher taught them about q

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The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students

The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students

“I didn’t come here to teach those kinds of kids.” It’s alarming to think that adults charged with helping students of color succeed in school would hold s

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I Want to #RemakeLearning to Ensure My Sons Can Thrive in an Ever-Changing World

I Want to #RemakeLearning to Ensure My Sons Can Thrive in an Ever-Changing World

The children of 1960s-era civil rights-leading parents, my siblings and I were always told that the key to success in life is education. Amid marching with

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Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn't Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs

Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn’t Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs

As an eighth-grader, Leonard Ferguson signed up for the plumbing concentration at Baltimore County’s Western School of Technology and Environmental Science

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Democrats Won't Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

Democrats Won’t Dictate Where My Black Children Go to School

“What you not gone do…”—An African American proverb Last week, Democrats for Education Reform released polling data that show what Black parents of schoo

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