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9 Things Educators Can Do to Liberate the Minds of Black Children

We must be about the business of liberating the minds of Black children. In order for that to occur, the minds of all Blacks...

If You’re Still Wondering Why We Have to Teach Social Justice, Here’s Your Answer

If you’re not already aware, right before the new year a Black man was arrested at a Huntington Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, for cashing...

An Open Letter To the ACT Exam Proctors Who Attempted To Marginalize Black Students

Robert Parker, a veteran educator, calls out college exam proctors for attempting to marginalize some of his students. In this open letter, Robert confronts...

When Students Aren’t Proficient in Reading or Math, It Isn’t a Shame, It’s Violence

I’ve written about teacher accountability before, but I recently read a few things that got me thinking. The first was a report out of Los Angeles that showed that...

It’s Not Standardized Tests That Educators Hate, It’s Accountability

Education Week likes to frustrate me in the morning. Reading their article today about the retreat of the anti-testing suburban opt-out movement, I should have been happy, but a...

I’ve Got Some Extra Teacher Appreciation for Those Teachers Who Are Uplifting Our Black and Brown Students

This week was Teacher Appreciation Week, one of my favorite weeks. After all, it honors a profession that should be considered one of the...

It Would Be So Easy for Me to Stop Caring About Race. But Then That Would Be Stupid.

It would be so easy to stop caring about race. Yes, I can only say this because I’m White. Yes, I can only say this because...

I’ve Taught in a School With Zero Accountability, It’s Terrible

By last December, the fall of my ninth year of teaching high school, I had been observed by teacher coaches, visitors from educational non-profit...

Do You Know This Hidden Figure? Meet Legendary Resister, Dr. Anna Julia Cooper – A Black Educator Hall of Famer

"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human...
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