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You claim that you want diverse teachers, but you don’t want to interrogate how race, power, and mindsets work in your school.

I was a principal at Mastery Charter School-Shoemaker in Philadelphia for many years. We took to heart the concept of windows and mirrors, decorating...

When it Comes to Cameras in Virtual Classrooms, Compromise Over Compliance

For me, my home is a sacred place; not only because I am a person of faith but also because my home is an...

School Is Now Online and Plenty of Children Are Shut Out

It’s October, almost seven months into a pandemic that has turned the world upside down. Since the shutdowns in March, folks have adapted; businesses...

All Money Ain’t Good Money; Teacher Pensions and the Private Prison Industry

Growing up in the African-American community, one becomes intimately familiar with numerous time-honored phrases and colloquialisms. One such phrase was introduced to me as...

Addressing Inequities on the Common App Can Support College Access

This is a year unlike any other. I am sure you have heard this over and over again as, over the past seven months,...

We’ll Know You’re Serious About Equity When It Is Reflected in the Teacher Workforce

Education has never been something that has been valued in the United States as evidenced by our nation’s leaders continually cutting the education budget....

Teachers, Stop Spanking Your Students!

Black Lives Matter, but Black Bodies Get Beaten I attended a Catholic pre-school; the teachers and the director were nuns. It was the 1980s, meaning...

Guilty Pleasures: Keeping It Real On Education Podcasts

Guilty Pleasure. One of my new found guilty pleasures is creating content on the 8 Black Hands Podcast @8blackhand1 (on twitter). Each of us has our strengths, and...

Teachers, Regardless of What Your President Says, Don’t Whitewash History

When I was first assigned to teach U.S. history nearly a decade ago during my second year as a social studies teacher, my first...

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