America is more diverse than it’s ever been, as are the students attending public schools, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at individual schools. In fa
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Do I Really Have to Defend Civil Rights Activists From the NAACP?
For months, I’ve struggled internally with blasting the NAACP for its stance on charter schools. To chastise an advocacy organization that has been instrum
Read MoreIf You’re Not Talking About Actively Disrupting Racism and Inequity in Education, You Can Kick Rocks
I watched the second round of the 2020 democratic presidential debates and I wasn’t as disappointed in the talking points as I was during the first debates
Read More‘I Want to Talk About Better Academic and Life Outcomes for Black and Brown Kids. Period.’
If we have really well-prepared young people who are going to the exact college they want to go to, who will graduate from college within six years with li
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When our son was born, my husband and I knew a lot about how to prepare him to be a reader. We knew how to speak parentese—the exaggerated, higher-pitched
Read MoreSchool Choice and High Standards Aren’t Enough, Here’s How We Focus on What Each Student Needs
On an early fall day a few years ago at a local playground, my friend Sarah and I watched as her three children reveled in their after-school freedom. In
Read MoreNAACP: Don’t Make Black Kids the New ‘Cotton’ That Funds Failing Public Schools
Because we want our children and grandchildren to be ready for college, NAACP members like me have chosen tuition-free public charter schools. But instead
Read MoreIt’s Disappointing That My Civil Rights Organization Doesn’t Support My Civil Rights
As an advocate for equity in public education, I joined the NAACP, and eventually became the education chair for Southwest Riverside County. I believed I w
Read MoreWe Don’t Need More Black or Brown Faces Who Don’t Represent Our Voices, Especially in Education
Congresswoman Ayana Pressley said, “We don’t need any more Brown faces that don’t want to be a Brown voice” in regards to representation on issues that imp
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