Brightbeam’s List of the Top 30 Education Influencers of 2021

Brightbeam’s List of the Top 30 Education Influencers of 2021

It’s been a wild year for education, from unprecedented federal investments in our nation’s kids via the American Rescue Plan to endless conversations on c

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We Send Our Kids to School Knowing There's a Chance They'll Be Murdered in Their Classrooms

We Send Our Kids to School Knowing There’s a Chance They’ll Be Murdered in Their Classrooms

I was lying on the floor in the hallway scrolling through my phone waiting for my youngest child to fall asleep when I saw that there had been another scho

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Current Events Put Racism on Display, No Matter How Hard Some Try to Hide It

Current Events Put Racism on Display, No Matter How Hard Some Try to Hide It

In the words of Mugatu, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Defense lawyers in the trial seeking justice for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, apparently seekin

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If You’ve Been Silent About Child Justice, We Need You Now More Than Ever

If You’ve Been Silent About Child Justice, We Need You Now More Than Ever

We have a problem. The global COVID-19 pandemic has not only created a storm of challenges in policy and practice for public education; it also has fomente

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Now Is the Time to Professionalize School Boards

Now Is the Time to Professionalize School Boards

Should schools reopen? Should students wear masks? Should vaccines be mandated? Should online learning continue to be a robust option? Does our district te

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I'm Afraid of How Many Black Students Have Been Convinced They Are Stupid by Educators Who Lack Equity Training

I’m Afraid of How Many Black Students Have Been Convinced They Are Stupid by Educators Who Lack Equity Training

On the last day of third grade, all my classmates and I huddled onto a carpet much too small for children of our size, waiting for our teachers for the nex

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We'll Never Agree on CRT, but We Can All Agree We Want to Produce Students Who Do Good

We’ll Never Agree on CRT, but We Can All Agree We Want to Produce Students Who Do Good

Our world has been forever changed as a result of the pandemic as well as the racial unrest of 2020. We learned new ways of being — how to be alone, how to

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Here's Why Black People Being Whipped at the Border Is Like the Public Education System

Here’s Why Black People Being Whipped at the Border Is Like the Public Education System

Look at this picture of a white man on a horse appearing to whip a Black man.  And no, this isn’t from the year 1712. It’s from earlier this week — the Uni

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These 5 Anti-Racist Books Will Help Level Up Your School’s Professional Development

These 5 Anti-Racist Books Will Help Level Up Your School’s Professional Development

Over the past year, I have been able to read a ton of great books focused on social justice, culturally relevant pedagogy, and disrupting white supremacy c

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