Higher Standards

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,...

The War Waged Within (our Schools) Against Our Black Boys

“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” –Lerone Bennett, Jr. There is a war going on. When war...

Our Governor’s Capitulation

Two weeks ago, Gov. Wolf vetoed a bill that would have helped school principals ensure that our most effective teachers are in classrooms for...

The Abolitionists We Need

Saying the enslaved were happy is akin to saying Black communities are happy sending their children to persistently failing schools. Just as we needed...

Taking Advantage of Young Scholars

"With great power, comes great responsibility." The conditions of our schools clearly communicate to us that we need authentic vanguards for our communities. Although many...

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