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How Can We Build Anti-Racist White Educators?

December 5, 2018
by Charlie McGeehan
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One teacher reflects on what he and other white educators need to understand as they work to build anti-racist practices and identities. Last year, I realized that I didn’t have my first black teacher until I went to college...

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Teachers Need Emotional Support Too

November 14, 2018
by David November
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Increasingly, schools are returning to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in order to better understand how to support students. As anyone who has taken an introductory psychology course knows well, Maslow’s psychological theory...

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I’m an Advocate For Far More Black Male Educators But I Know That’s Not Enough for Our Students

September 21, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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There are six Black male teachers in our school. They represent twelve percent of our classroom teachers. That sounds like only a few (and it is) but in a city where Black men represent four percent of classroom teachers, it...

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Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Who Are Learning in Our School

September 6, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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As a new teacher and career changer, I owe so much to the coaching prowess of Mrs. Yvonne Savior. That’s right, even her name was Savior, and it was her guidance and support that helped me have the impact I sought with my...

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Principals, If You Don’t Include Questions About Race, Class, and Privilege During Your Interviews, You Are Failing.

August 10, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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Principals, if you don’t have your staff hired and ready for back to school, you have my sympathy. As all school leaders know, the best hiring season for teachers is early in the calendar year (around January to March). At...

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I’m Not Black. I’m O.J.: How Understanding Privilege Can Help To Disrupt Inequity

July 2, 2018
by Kelli Seaton
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If you have ever done a privilege walk, you know it can be a very moving, and sometimes emotional, visual of how some of us have been given opportunities and head starts and others of us have not. In the video above, the...

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We’re Not Doing Enough to Support Teachers of Color

June 7, 2018
by John King
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Each year in May, America observes Teacher Appreciation Month — a time when we pause to reflect upon and honor the life-changing impact that educators have on our children, and the important contributions that educators make to...

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When Black Boys’ Trauma Is Exacerbated In School

April 25, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” -Frederick Douglass When I think about this quote it often leads me to reflect on the trauma that our Black boys face growing up. To help nurture strong...

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What Teachers Can Do To Help Black Boys Overcome Our Racist Society

April 9, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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A recent study, reported on in the New York Times under the headline “Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys,” and facilitated by researchers at Stanford, Harvard, and the Census Bureau, found that...

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Can Superhero Principals Alone Turn Schools Around? The Research Says No!

March 23, 2018
by David November
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New York Times columnist David Brooks recently penned an op-ed on the importance of excellent principals.  Among his chief assertions is the notion that great principals are the key driver of school improvement:...

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