Diversity

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...

Black Educators Teach From the Soul

When I entered the teaching profession, I had no idea what type of teacher I would become. I wasn’t even sure if I could...

Attacks on Teacher Diversity Hurt Our Students

President Trump’s Executive Order banning DEI is an ineffective way to combat prejudice. Prejudice is normally rooted in ignorance and fear—and sometimes malice. It...

Teaching Behind the Lines: Fugitive Leadership and the Limits of Professionalism in Education

“Many of us use the idea that ‘I am a professional’ as an excuse to not become humanly concerned or politically concerned with our...

Freedom Teaching During Oppressive Times

In Dr. Jarvis Givens' book Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, he details stories of Black teachers circumventing, what...

Villains in the Eyes of Injustice: Why Black Educators Who Teach Truth Are Feared

Throughout American history, Black educators who dare to teach truth have found themselves thrust into the center of a societal storm, vilified as boogeymen...

The Makings of a Black Teacher

Kanye West once made a very poignant statement about identity in a song – yes, Kanye -said something poignant. He said, “everything I’m not...

Your Diversity Efforts Are OK, But Hardly Enough

There is no debate concerning the significance of Black teachers. Black teachers are important for the outcomes of Black students; both inside and outside...

#WeNeedBlackTeachers

Black teachers are powerful and not simply because a body of empirical evidence says so. It’s because for many of us, if not all...

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