Stories

If I had a teacher like you, I don’t think I would be here. Why do you say that? Because you care. I will never forget these words, spoken to me by an 18-y

With schools gone virtual and in-person feedback from students no longer possible, listening to students can feel harder than ever. There is always an inhe

“I want to protect my children from the system that destroyed my parents.” That’s Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, National Director of Activism at brightbeam, my new

When a local newspaper featured a picture of one of our students at a peaceful protest against police brutality, the staff at the small special education p

Back in 2018, I was really fed up with the major incidents of discrimination and hatred going on around the country. (Remember Charlottesville? Or when two

So look. I’m pissed. The other night my 7-year-old son asked me, “What were all those people doing on TV?” I was watching CNN and they were showing some co

This is an incredible thread. Joe Truss took the Amy Cooper viral video and described all the ways that that behavior shows up in classrooms and staff loun

I’m going to admit something: I have not been doing a super job talking about racism with my four White stepkids. And part of the reason is that I worry ab

America, 2020: A Black man is recorded being killed in broad daylight by a White police officer trained to “protect and serve.” As videos and eyewitnesses