… If America is going to become a nation, she must find a way—and this [Black] child must help her to find a way—to use the tremendous potential and tremendous energy which this child represents. If this country does not...
Tag - educational justice
If you take the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, add the massive Black-white wealth gap, and then mix in America’s ungodly lack of social safety nets; Black families are about to be served a hellacious helping of...
When schools reopen in the fall, they will look very different than the schools children left in the spring. There will likely be masks, temperature checks and extra space between desks. Nearly 1 out of 5 teachers may not be able...
Does Brown v. Board of Education represent a historical event or an ongoing national journey? As we mark the 66th anniversary of the monumental decision that ended legal segregation, the implications of that question...
Late this winter, just before the world turned upside down, we sat down with two people we admire. Sharif El-Mekki, 26-year veteran educator, founded the Center for Black Educator Development. Mario Shaw, newer to the game but...
To all my disrupter friends, please accept this letter as my resignation from the so-called “education reform movement.”For more than 20 years I’ve been lost in the reform forest, but no more. For too long I’ve relied on...
The pandemic of 2020 is rocking our world and throwing our country’s school system into shutdown mode. While educators are trying to mitigate the unprecedented impact by quickly forming makeshift online learning, this, often...
For many, school was an escape. Despite the environmental challenges of lead, mold, and asbestos coupled with inadequate resources, it was a safe place with caring adults and two daily meals. The covid-19 pandemic has...
The coronavirus has completely thrown the world as we know it upside down. Movie theaters, restaurants and retail stores are closing around the country as governors wrestle with maintaining a level of normalcy while at...
As educators doing antiracism work, we often focus extensively on the impact that white supremacy has on students. But even though we recognize that white supremacy shapes all of our lives and work, we spend little time talking...