Reyna Morales lives in Oakland, California, and is the parent of two students at a high-performing charter school located in an area with a dearth of quali
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The Government Is Still Preventing the Rise of the Black Messiah in Schools Today
I was gifted an advanced screening of “Judas and the Black Messiah” earlier this week and it affirmed just how much education equals power, while simultan
Read MoreSchools Haven’t Figured It Out, So Give Money to the Parents. We Need It.
Whether you support your state’s reopening plans or not, the reality is families locked out of learning for nearly a year are getting fed up. If you have a
Read MoreSaving Our Children from Violence When Schools Are the Abusers
Each of us has been that lone, righteous educator at the dinner party—that overzealous, overtired reality-checker among adults whose jobs don’t include ens
Read MoreHow Do We ‘IGNITE’ Social Change in the Next Generation of Leaders?
The impact of COVID-19 on the education community was astonishing. Educators pivoted all of their curricula to a virtual landscape for the first time. Guar
Read MoreHere’s What I Will Fight for in 2021
2020 was the pits. More than 300,000 Americans died from COVID. A dearth of presidential leadership that led to the politicization of wearing masks—the si
Read MoreThree Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020
It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent
Read MoreFor 2021, We Need Real Strategies to Dismantle Racism in Schools
As educators, we’re taught to begin with the end in mind. To be successful, we need to know our intended outcome so we can backward plan how we will get th
Read MoreHigher Education Is the New Poverty Pimp
I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while and here it is—higher education is the new poverty pimp in Black communities with student loans bein
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