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White progressive educators and parents, I know lots of you. And I know you think diversity in schools is important. But you all are pushing a sales job on

The show was going really well. We were in Pittsburgh, taping a live 8 Black Hands podcast episode at the State of Black Learning Conference, and we were j

“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

This week, the entire nation is mourning the death of writer Toni Morrison. Book lovers of all races, ethnicities, genders and sexualities recognize the ge

Black families should not be forced to choose between schools that challenge them academically and schools that nurture and love them for who they are. Yet

For 2020 Georgia Teacher of the Year Tracey Nance Pendley, the road to teaching was not easy. Pendley’s mother was a drug addict who was in and out of pris

Dear White Teachers of My Black Children: I am a Black mom and I have two children who are now in high school. Raising them to be inquisitive, informed adu

When you see them, they may be laughing, talking loudly, listening to music that is not your music. They may be dressed in clothes that are not your clothe

As an educator, I am sometimes left with more questions than answers. One question that I have is how come conducting a mock slave auction is a popular way