Black Literacy

Teach Young People Reading as a Tool of Resistance

I remember being a young student and always looking forward to the summer. What I didn’t look forward to was summer reading. The selections...

Education Must Do More Than Prepare Black Children To Survive

My mother introduced me to conversations about racism, injustice, power, and the contradictions of American society when I was still young. A lot of...

Black History Cannot Be “Optional”

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Those words from George Orwell are not theory for me. I’ve...

Our Kids Need Us to Fight For Black History In Schools

As a student, Black history gave me a sense of pride and belonging in my community, even though my knowledge was nowhere near as...

“Rigorous” Education Includes Anti-Racist Teaching

The claim that anti-racist education has undermined academic achievement rests on a misunderstanding that continues to shape how we talk about schools. It assumes...

A Viral “Can You Read?” Moment Shows It Takes a Village To Get Our Youth Literate

A senior at Preparatory Charter High School in South Philadelphia walked through his school with an index card and asked classmates to read a...

Black History Debunks American Propaganda and Mythology

In chapter 17 of his seminal work Black Reconstruction in America, titled “The Propaganda of History,” W.E.B. DuBois details the lessons American school children...

We Can’t Allow AI To Erode Young People’s Critical Thinking Skills

There is a particular kind of danger that does not arrive with force. It settles in quietly through normalization, embedding itself in the everyday...

The Black History Lesson That Teaches Black Children To Fly

When we think of flying, the first thing that might come to mind is hopping on an airplane. But can a person fly without...
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