Promoting diversity to increase the number of Black male teachers, and Hispanic male teachers, in public schools is vital to improving the educational outc
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Our Charter School Is Our Neighborhood School
All parents want what’s best for their kids. We do everything in our power to ensure that our children have opportunities and positive experiences whenever
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There’s something depressingly familiar about the privileged pushback we’re seeing in Massachusetts around the ballot measure to lift the cap on charter sc
Read MoreTeachers of Color Are ‘Great!’ as Long as Their Voices Are Not Too Black or Too Strong
Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble and kind: Beware the day They change their mind! —Langston Hughes I’ve been getting some pushback about writing as
Read MoreOur Schools Need Social Justice Warriors, Not Status-Quo Embracers
As we dive head first into this school year, I urge teachers, parents and leaders to think deeply about the mission of schooling and the mission of teachin
Read MoreTeachers, Don’t Miss This. Here’s How You Can Tell Your State How to Judge Your Classroom.
As a teacher who is part of Minnesota’s working group for how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will be implemented, it’s disappointing that many teach
Read MoreThe NAACP Is Old, Large and Wrong, and I’m Feeling Sick, Angry and Fed Up.
It just so happened that I was at the high school fair in Philadelphia when it came over my Twitter feed that the National Association for the Advancement
Read MoreMy Daughter and I Are Chicanas From East L.A. Who Believed in ‘Si Se Puede’ 8 Years Ago and Still Do Now
Yesterday, on International Girls Day, I went to Washington, D.C., with my teen daughter as we were invited to the White House. I’ve been blessed to be inv
Read MoreWhy Are We Still Asking ‘Is School Choice the Black Choice’ When We Know It Is?
“Is School Choice the Black Choice?” was the question on hand at a panel discussion in D.C. on Wednesday night moderated by TV One News’ Roland Martin, but
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