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Your Classroom Looks Beautiful. How Is Your Instruction?

At the start of every year, teachers engage in the same activities before students arrive. Teachers meet with their departments and/or grade level teams;...

Are You Focused On Classroom Management Or Creating A Culture Of Cooperation

One of the most important foundations for having a good school year is setting the tone of the culture and the community. By that,...

Our Students Are Watching, But Are We Worth Emulating?

At the end of a recent school day, my principal called for a fire drill. I assumed it was just a routine exercise. However,...

Students Suffer Because Adults Can’t Handle the Truth

In a recent Education Trust report, researchers discovered a significant absence of racial representation in many high-quality and highly rigorous texts. This lack extended...

A Violation of the Sacred Trust

Teaching is a calling. Teaching history is a sacred trust; that is a lifelong commitment that requires continuous learning, responsibility, accountability to community, self-discipline,...

How Are You Defining Rigor And Preparing Students For It?

Advanced Placement African American Studies Goal #2: Preparing Students for College Level Rigor   Out of my three goals for teaching Advanced Placement African American Studies,...

Hispanic Heritage Month & Black Resistance

Black resistance is central to the Black experience in the United States and throughout the African diaspora. According to Herbert Aptheker, Black resistance took...

Yes, We Need Black Teachers And Black Administrators. What Are Some Of The Barriers To Recruiting And Retaining Them?

We need Black teachers. We also need Black administrators. The unfortunate truth is that the needs are competing not because of Black educators, but...

My Students Will Learn Their Truth. No Matter What Your Laws Say

AP AAS Goal #1: my students will “Learn Their Truth.”  Learning their truth is just as important as teaching their truth.   I am regularly inspired by...

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