You aren’t always able to choose family, but even if I were able, I would have still chosen most of my cousins. My little cousin, Nina Wallace, represents a legacy of resistance, brilliance and activism. Her parents, like my...
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We, as a nation, are chasing the wrong things. From Boston to Birmingham, we have seen the ferocious and virulent reaction of white people to the thought of integration. From throwing bricks at school buses full of black kids...
This reflective piece was written by a Mastery Charter – Shoemaker Campus alumnus, Rodney White. He attended a full time dual enrollment program at the Community College of Philadelphia during his senior year. Rodney had a...
Recently, Dan Weisberg, CEO of TNTP, spoke at a hearing on teacher diversity hosted by the New Jersey Senate Education and Higher Education committees. He discussed the urgency of diversifying the teaching profession, and...
I walked by a TV a couple of weeks ago and heard the news reporter mention affluent people — not satisfied with the opulent wealth which already placed them at significant advantage in our faux merit-based system — choosing...
We must be about the business of liberating the minds of Black children. In order for that to occur, the minds of all Blacks who interact with them must also be liberated. There is no other way. – Bobby E. Wright Recently...
There is no honor in the world like being a teacher. And in a school, every single person can play a teaching role. In fact, even our students can be their teachers’ teachers. Maye-gan Brown has played that role in my life...
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” I have pondered over this Laurel Ulrich quote for several years after hearing it, and especially during Women’s History Month. I hope during this month, and beyond, we teach our...
Students around the country are taught about America’s glorious victory in Brown v. Board of Education, the seminal moment that undid Plessy v. Ferguson’s separate but equal racial segregation. Desegregation is touted as a...
As a charter school leader of color, I have learned that many people who weigh in on school discipline don’t know what they’re talking about. I’ve listened to countless folks expound on theories, rarely capturing what it...