Certainly, the masses of Americans are ready to return to “normal.” By normal I mean a return to engaging in all the activities and indulgences of life. An unavoidable truth is that for “normal” to return –...
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“It is not who you attend school with, but who controls the school you attend.” Nikki Giovanni There is a historic battle underway. Literally, a massive battle over history: whose voices should be included, who...
When it comes to Black students, often overemphasized is both young men and young women are overly disciplined, and disproportionately so. The overrepresentation of Black students regarding school discipline rates is important to...
One morning during my junior year of high school, I remember my homeroom teacher saying to me in a dismissive tone that Malcolm X was a bad person. I am unsure how we got on the topic of figures in Black history, but I mentioned...
When it comes to education, I have a well-rounded and unique perspective. I received a Catholic school education, I taught middle and high school history for two charter schools and I am currently a program director for a public...
Contrary to the stereotypes, education continues to be a value of the highest priority in the Black community; dating back to the underground schools in the Antebellum South where Black people, at the risk of losing limbs and...
Dr. Jay Wamsted was on Citizen Education with Chris Stewart and discussed white racism in schools – particularly schools serving Black and Brown children. He also discussed his blog below. A few years back, I was in...
I reminisce a lot about my childhood. I think about the trajectory that was established for me and my schoolmates by a group of Black families who decided that they were going to take ownership of their Black children’s...
Recently a group of Black women and men, fathers, grandmothers, and leaders went to A part of the coalition, Powerful Parent Network, had the opportunity to confront presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren, directly about her...
“Progressive” is a slippery word. The very term denotes improvement, progress, and thus is by nature a desirable term with which to self-apply. But “progress” is in the eye of the beholder. What might be...