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Your Child Got the “Bad” Teacher, Now What?

Adam Parrott-Sheffer - March 17, 2026

5 Steps to Actually Build the Black Teacher Pipeline

Rann Miller - March 13, 2026

Three Ways To Tell if Your Kids Have a Good Principal

Adam Parrott-Sheffer - March 11, 2026

Accountability

Your Child Got the “Bad” Teacher, Now What?

In my decade as a school leader, I can count on one hand the number of times parents met with me because they had an idea about how they could help the school community. If a parent wanted to meet, it was because they had...

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Belief Gap

The Black History Lesson That Teaches Black Children To Fly

Nosakhere Griffin-El - March 2, 2026

Black Educator Hall of Fame

Abigail Henry: Black Educator Hall of Fame

Center for Black Educator Development - February 28, 2026

Black Educator Hall of Fame

Dr. Karida L. Brown: Black Educator Hall of Fame

Center for Black Educator Development - February 27, 2026

Accountability

Three Ways To Tell if Your Kids Have a Good Principal

Before writing this post, I asked my sons what a principal does. Their responses sounded straight out of television’s Abbott Elementary with tasks like checking on teachers and making announcements....