anti-racism

You aren’t always able to choose family, but even if I were able, I would have still chosen my cousins. My cousin, Nina Wallace, represents a legacy of res

One of the great things about life is there are moments that can only be described as momentous or life-changing. Ask Dr. Howard Fuller, education leader a

Unfortunately, school districts that primarily serve non-White students receive less funding than school districts that primarily serve White students. A r

I am not a movie person. I don’t go to the movies much and when I do, I often forget them rapidly. That’s not what happened back in 1991, when I saw John S

Recently I have been thinking about what it means to be in the “education reform” space and reflecting on how I got here. Many of the people in my life and

What’s causing school segregation? Some people say charter schools—I say it’s White people.   Before y’all get upset, I’m not saying it’s all White people—

Anyone who has spent time around young children knows how curious and wonder-filled they are. When my son was 5, we’d drive around and he would ask about t

We’ve got 22 million Black and Latino students in our schools, but there are relatively few teachers of color in the classroom. Dozens, maybe hundreds, of

In 2016, then-24-year-old Cipriano Vargas became the youngest person ever elected to the Vista Unified School Board in California. After graduating from Ca