The great James Baldwin once stated, “A teacher who is not free to teach, is not a teacher.” As many of you already know, there is some real shit going on
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Counterstorytelling Is at the Heart of Anti-Racist Teaching
Counterstorytellling is so much more than just a tenant of critical race theory. It is at the heart of what we do as antiracist teachers. Kwame Sarfo-Mensah reports.
Read MoreCritical Race Theory Bans Are White Supremacy’s Trojan Horse
Y’all, are they still teaching Greek mythology in schools? Interestingly, it used to be one of my favorite subjects in grammar school. Now, in retrospect—a
Read MoreYou Don’t Have to Be a Critical Race Scholar to Apply a Critical Race Lens to Your Practice
In education, we have a tendency to overcomplicate things by getting caught up with sophisticated academic jargon for things that, I believe, are common se
Read MoreParents, You Think You Know Critical Race Theory But You Have No Idea
To the white parents complaining about critical race theory, can we please stop with the reverse racism bullshit and dead the false narrative that the theo
Read More6 Questions Every Black Teacher Should Ask When Joining a New School
For many teachers, the end of the school year not only serves as an opportunity to deeply reflect on how the year went, but also a time to reevaluate wheth
Read MoreThree (Ignorant) Arguments Used to Ban Critical Race Theory
To understand the legislative attacks on Critical Race Theory (CRT) that aim to make teaching CRT in schools—including concepts like white supremacy, syste
Read MoreAward-Winning Educators Call on States to Halt Bans on Critical Race Theory
As award-winning elementary and secondary school educators, we seek to ensure that our students receive an excellent education, to advance our students’ sk
Read MoreWe Will Not Shy Away From Teaching Our History
During their senior year, all scholars at all of Democracy Prep’s schools take a rigorous year-long course called Sociology of Change. For the first half o
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