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The Crime of Branding Students As Criminals

December 18, 2020
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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Throughout my time as an educator, I’ve been pulled into my share of “special taskforces” meant to address “at-risk” students – namely Black students. I have no doubt that such groups can be found in schools across...

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Educators, How are you teaching about the strange fruit that our students continue to see?

November 3, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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In the 1930s, the incomparable Billie Holiday sang about the horror of Black lynchings—the strange fruit hanging from Southern trees, the blood on the leaves that flows from the savage anti-Blackness at the root. Nearly a...

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Cops In Schools Are Dangerous to Black Children

October 3, 2020
by Rann Miller
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Earlier this year, Dr. Tamar Klaiman, member of the Abington Board of School Directors, came under fire for saying the following: We know that the Black and Brown students are much more likely to be shot by the officer...

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I Can’t Breathe, But You’re Breathing Fine. We Need to Confront This!

July 26, 2020
by Marquis Taylor
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June 08, 2020 Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, I, like many black children, was raised by my single mother. Our fathers weren’t there for us; some by choice, and others in prison or dead. Since childhood, I have...

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Leading a non-profit through this racial reckoning? It’s more complicated if you’re Black.

July 17, 2020
by Carmita Semaan
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When speaking out directly against injustice, our white counterparts are perceived as brave, while Black leaders see our anger weaponized. Like most of us, my inbox has been flooded for weeks with pointed statements from...

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Gianna Was Right, Her Daddy Changed the World

June 26, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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Four weeks ago, a Black man was lynched. In 2020.  I remind myself of that fact each day so that I do not forget what we saw, what happened—that we witnessed a man take his last breath. In the days following, we watched...

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Admit It…You Have Amy Coopers In Your Schools.

June 5, 2020
by Rann Miller
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Last week, I watched American cities burn: Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Philadelphia.  And while the murder of George Floyd was the catalyst, Amy Cooper played a role.  It’s easy to...

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How Are Schools And Non-Profit Leaders Speaking To Their Staff About America’s Racism Pandemic?

June 2, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
14 min read
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Courage, commitment, and foresight are consistently needed when you work in schools, districts, and organizations that claim to be doing the work of anti-racism. There are too many organizations and school/district leaders today...

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Don’t Act Like You “Care” About School Reform, But Ignore the Life and Death Issues Black People in America Face

February 10, 2019
by Citizen Stewart
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In recent months, notable people within school reform circles have locked horns over a trifling question: Does the inclusion of social justice activists, people derided as “warriors,” in education reform threaten the...

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The Hate I Get About “The Hate U Give.”

November 5, 2018
by Vivett Dukes
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While The Hate U Give is a best-selling book and top-rated film, I’m getting some real pushback from my administration about having my students read the book and see the film in my English Language Arts class, despite its...

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