Teaching

In 2018, GLSEN’s national school climate study indicated that 59.5% of LGBTQ students “felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and 44.6%

The show was going really well. We were in Pittsburgh, taping a live 8 Black Hands podcast episode at the State of Black Learning Conference, and we were j

The smell of education is in the air. Parents have bought uniforms and school supplies are packed up and ready to go. Teachers have completed their beginni

This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose.  It happened last week when my 8 Black Hands crew recorded a live podcast at a gatherin

This summer, my students and I learned that blue crabs are really feisty, but mosquitos are even feistier.  For two weeks in June, I chaperoned a student f

My social media feeds were drenched with homophobia this week. People were saying how they really felt about my state, Illinois, joining other states manda

In a few short weeks, my classroom will be squirming with anxious excitement from a group of new first graders. But they aren’t the only anxious ones—after

Joining a new school community comes with a unique set of challenges. In addition to the difficulties inherent in any new school year, new teachers must al

A tradition for many schools that educate predominately Black children involves welcoming the children back with scores of Black men cheering them on as th