*In my Principal Joe Clark voice* I need all of the Black education activists to join me in a church basement conversation, expeditiously! I’m not liking w
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What School Leaders Do Has a Major Impact on Educational Outcomes
If our goal is to accelerate learning for those most impacted by the pandemic, we must make the most of the time that we have. We’ve known since TNTP’s The
Read MoreThe Real History of Teachers Being Complicit in the Miseducation of Black and White Children
As we celebrate and honor what would have been Malcolm X’s 96th birthday this week, I can’t help but think of his legacy in the context of today’s whitelas
Read MoreThe Rush to Reopen Schools Comes at a Price for Marginalized Students
The growing demand to reopen schools echoes across the country, supported by billions of dollars in federal funds to help schools “build back better.” Stat
Read MoreAs Schools Reopen, High-Quality Tutoring Programs Will Make a Difference for Kids in the Early Grades
As we turn the corner on COVID-19, we must help our kids recover from the terrible disruptions caused by the pandemic. There are lots of opinions on how to
Read MoreI Thought Talking About Race in the Classroom Wasn’t Important. I Was Wrong.
Critical race theory is this moment’s scapegoat of fearful White America. So, for what it’s worth, here is my own accounting of being a privileged white ma
Read MoreTo Continue My Fight for Educational Equity, I Am Walking in the Steps of My Ancestors
It is hard to describe how it has felt to live in the skin I am in for the past two years. All I can share is that on the heels of the murder of George Flo
Read MoreYou’d Think We Would Stop Paddling Kids in School but You’d Be Wrong
The state has our hands tied. Kids are disrespectful and defiant. There’s absolutely nothing we can do to punish them that bothers them except spank them.
Read MoreThe Pandemic Windfall Must Support Students’ Mental Health, Too
This fall, most students will return to school full time. But the kids are not alright. Students’ return to the classroom comes after more than a year in
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