Four Sons, Many Schools: Navigating Education in Philadelphia

In 2012, when our oldest son entered kindergarten, my wife and I were not looking for a way out of our neighborhood school. We wanted to be part of it. We believed in sending...

Philly Is at the Center of the War Against Black History

We’ve Got To Stop Running Scurred. Immediately after the presidential inauguration, the Trump Administration posted executive orders meant to dismantle the work of educators and...

Philly Schools Are Scapegoating Social Studies To Appease Fascism

It is clear still today, that freedom of speech and of thinking can be attacked in the United States without the intellectual and moral...

Our Ancestors Knew the Education Our Children Deserve

Michèle Foster's Black Teachers on Teaching gathers the life stories of Black teachers born between 1905 and 1973: the first to teach in desegregated...

Educators Must Constantly Evaluate the Conditions They Are Creating For Thinking

Recently, I participated in a panel hosted by the Coalition for Racial Equity and Social Justice focused on children’s wellbeing and education. We talked...

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FEATURE: SCHOOL BOARD

Want to Save Our Country? Run For School Board

Our democracy is in trouble. If you are reading this blog post, you are most likely invested in success of our next generation and...

The Most Powerful Person at a School Board Meeting Is You

The most powerful person at a school board meeting is not the board president or the superintendent. It is each member of the public whose...

Most People Know Almost Nothing About School Boards, That’s Not Okay

It’s probably a safe bet that you do not know what your school board accomplished this past year or what their priorities are. Typically, school...

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