Diversity

A super selective public high school in New York handed out acceptance letters to 895 kids like how Oprah was handing out cars to her audience members back

At my small high school in East St. Louis, Illinois, going away to college was not accessible to all. The few most promising students were pushed toward an

On a cold December evening in Gwinnett County, Georgia, my mother and I rushed to find good seats in the auditorium of the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional

Our guest for this episode is Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). We discuss the NCTQ’s surprising findings in their r

Ladies and gentlemen, the kids are not alright. In fact, they’re baby racists perpetuating hateful ideologies and getting away with it.   Over the past few

November 6, 2018, is the day my daughter was officially diagnosed with autism. That’s the day my world collapsed. For the first hour of her three-hour IEP

Tonight, President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address. Like many other U.S. citizens, I see our current president as deeply flawed, l

In just the past several weeks, school systems across the United States have, at last, taken the steps to elevate critical lessons from African-American hi

When I was a young girl, everyone in my life told me I should be a lawyer, because I challenged their statements, asked clarifying questions and debated th