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(Re)Building The Black Teacher Pipeline Is A Component Of Educational Justice

March 11, 2021
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Across the entire United States, there aren’t nearly enough Black teachers inside classrooms.  According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than 7% of teachers nationwide are Black; only 1.5% of...

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When Will Black Lives Matter In School?

February 9, 2021
by Rann Miller
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In September of 1915, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). ASNLH was dedicated to researching and highlighting the achievements of Black people in American...

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The Election is Over, Time for a Marshall Plan and Educational Reparations for Black People. But, The Plans Must Be White-Proof.

December 14, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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America is turning a corner.  Or so it hopes; so it claims. We have just elected a rational adult to the Presidency, thanks in no small part to the turnout of Black Americans in places like Philadelphia, Atlanta...

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Black Lives Matter When Black Minds Do

September 26, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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By now the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks have permeated our national dialogue. That is to say, most white Americans can identify them as the latest victims of an unjust and violent policing culture in...

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An Interview with a 27-Year-Old Black Father: Trying to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline

February 25, 2018
by Kelli Seaton
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In the article Is the Road to Special Education (for Black Boys) Paved with the White Educator’s Paperwork?, we meet Randy for the first time. Some Context Let’s imagine something for a moment.  There is a Black father...

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