My grandmother escaped the Nazis three days before they invaded Prague while much of her family did not. En route to America she and her family listened to
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We Can’t Be Teachers by Day and Oppress Our Students of Color by Night
A few summers back, I was at a wedding reception, exchanging the customary pleasantries one does when seated next to people one has only just met. We discu
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Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to defend free speech on campuses and criticized the idea of creating safe spaces on campus, protected f
Read MoreOur President Is Wrong on Race and Our Kids Need to Hear Us Say It
I need to say it. You need to say it. Teachers need to say it. School leaders need to say it. We all need to say it. Our president—who drew a moral equival
Read MoreTeach For America Could Be Exactly What America’s Schools Need to Reduce Implicit Bias
As a young man, President Lyndon Johnson taught desperately poor children in South Texas and would often reference this eye-opening experience during his t
Read MoreOur Political Leaders Might Be Sleep But My Students Are Woke
Leaders within our new administration seem to be embracing a revisionist narrative of our country’s tortured history with race that is at best uninformed,
Read MoreI’m Singing a Redemption Song for #MyBlackHistory ’Cause Songs of Freedom Are All I Ever Had
To commemorate Black History Month, Education Post is featuring stories from parents, students and educators that connect past to present in the continued
Read More#MyBlackHistory Has Been and Still Is Fighting for the Right to Learn
To commemorate Black History Month, Education Post is featuring stories from parents, students and educators that connect past to present in the continued
Read MoreI’m Trying to Be an Ally to My Black and Brown Students
When I interviewed for my current job teaching ninth- and 10th-grade English in the Minneapolis Public Schools, I was asked this question: How would I resp
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