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What Malcolm X Would Demand of Black Principals

Malcolm X’s birthday should make Black school leaders sit with a difficult question. Not simply whether or not we have enough Black principals, but...

Who Is Accountable When Our Children Can’t Read?

I have friends and adversaries alike who post that homework is harmful, that children should only learn inside the school building, and that practice...

A Viral “Can You Read?” Moment Shows It Takes a Village To Get Our Youth Literate

A senior at Preparatory Charter High School in South Philadelphia walked through his school with an index card and asked classmates to read a...

The American Education System is Determined to Stifle Black Children

Here’s how (systemic) racism works.  African people were taken from their homes and brought to what would become the United States to be enslaved, where...

Black Studies Should Guide How We Structure Curriculum

In many classrooms, curriculum is treated as a matter of coverage. Units are organized around topics, lessons are paced according to standards, and assessments...

We Can’t Allow AI To Erode Young People’s Critical Thinking Skills

There is a particular kind of danger that does not arrive with force. It settles in quietly through normalization, embedding itself in the everyday...

Attacks on Teacher Diversity Hurt Our Students

President Trump’s Executive Order banning DEI is an ineffective way to combat prejudice. Prejudice is normally rooted in ignorance and fear—and sometimes malice. It...

Your Child Got the “Bad” Teacher, Now What?

In my decade as a school leader, I can count on one hand the number of times parents met with me because they had...

Abigail Henry: Black Educator Hall of Fame

E’ry day this month, Philly’s 7th Ward, in partnership with the Center for Black Educator Development, will highlight a “Black Educator Hall of Famer.“ But, don’t forget, e’ry month...

Philly’s Grassroots Leadership in Black History Education

One hundred years ago, Carter G. Woodson intervened in the American historical imagination by insisting that Black life must be studied with rigor and...

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