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The “Invisible” And Costly Tax That Black Teachers Are Being Forced To Pay

January 5, 2021
by Rann Miller
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According to a new study, teachers who teach in high-poverty schools are penalized on their classroom observations and often, those teachers are Black. This is another aspect of the invisible tax on Black teachers that encourages...

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27 Mistakes White Teachers of Black Students Make and How to Fix Them

June 30, 2020
by Jay Wamsted
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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...

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Teacher Colleges, We Need You to Step Up

December 14, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“After 30 years of doing such work, I have concluded that classroom teaching…is perhaps the most complex, most challenging, and most demanding, subtle, nuanced, and frightening activity that our species has ever invented. The...

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There’s a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza

September 8, 2016
by Soledad Alfaro
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I love the beginning of the school year. For those of us who spend most of our time with other adults – wrestling with data, designing programs and curricula, planning, planning and planning; when the students come back, it...

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The Perpetuity of Mentorship

May 10, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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“A teacher (principal) affects eternity; he (she) can never tell where his (her) influence stops.” – Henry Adams As a principal, I often find myself reflecting on the myriad experiences I’ve had learning...

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