Accountability

How About Pro-Teacher Teachers Unions?

I am reposting Peter Cunningham's recent blog. Peter is the Executive Director of Education Post, a Chicago-based non-profit communications organization supporting efforts to improve...

We Must Be Vigilant and Vocal About Our Resistance to Decreasing Supports for Our Students

"As a teacher, as a parent and as a citizen, it’s distressing to see the department walking away from its core responsibility of...

9 Things Every Educator Needs to Know When Teaching Black Students

Most of my educational experiences as a child were in an all-Black spaces and all of my experiences as an educator have been in...

Black Degrees Matter

Earlier this week, our Councilwoman, Jannie Blackwell, called for a public hearing on the low enrollment and graduation rates at colleges and universities for...

A For Profit School Accused of Beating Black Bodies

I read an article recently that reminded me of stories I read when I was a child; harrowing tales from Dickens’ Oliver Twist. It also...

One Foot in His Mouth, the Other Foot Stomping on Black Students’ College Aspirations

Recently, John Eichelberger, a Pennsylvania lawmaker made remarks that were insensitive, devoid of intellectual curiosity and logic, and projected a biased and racist posture...

Team Trump Wants to Scrap the Office of Civil Rights. Who Will That Benefit?

In a community not too far from mine, yet light years away in the tony suburb of Upper Dublin, a group of families lodged...

Teacher Colleges, We Need You to Step Up

“After 30 years of doing such work, I have concluded that classroom teaching…is perhaps the most complex, most challenging, and most demanding, subtle, nuanced,...

Striving for Excellence, Without the Excuses

I’m concerned about the growing backlash against what are referred to as “no-excuses” schools. Too often, critics depict overly-rigid approaches to discipline that pave...

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