Reflections from our friend Nathan Bowling, Washington State Teacher of the Year. I should read more than I do. Everyone should. I think we’d be better off as a nation and a species if we all read more. Teachers have a unique...
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On Sunday, one of my former students, Youssef Kromah, provided me with a great compliment when he recited his poetry at the National Black Male Educators Convening. In a recent blog, a teammate of eight years did the same. You...
By Dan Brown Who will be the next generation of educators we are all counting on to be highly skilled change agents? How can we cultivate them to be durable, empowered professionals who stay in our schools? Starting early and...
I’m All About EdTech, But Not When the Goal Is Erasing Teachers If I hear one more tech savvy millennial, who is not an educator, tell me that they can educate Black children better than those who do this work and are...
After the initial launch of the Black Lives Matter concept to raise awareness of the systemic oppression and racism that was killing Black people through state sanctioned police brutality and extrajudicial murders, the movement...
There are not many who choose to stand up for children. It’s just not that type of country. We are known as a place that promotes democracy, yet places kids, especially Black and Latino children, at risk. Despite what people...
Some organizations are committed to a cause. Everyone knows exactly what they stand for. Look at Greenpeace—everybody knows that they’re about reducing human harm to the environment. All of Greenpeace’s resources go towards...
Christopher Emdin, author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… And the Rest of Y’All Too. , recently wrote an article that brought up a lot of great points. He is concerned that people are using the lack of...
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...
Dear Black Man (and everyone else determined to make changes), When we look at the history of schools that have served poor Black children in this country, they have often communicated the lowest expectations, provided the least...