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Teachers are walking away from education, but the pandemic has accelerated the exit of some educators. I have spoken to several principals who have not fil

Over the past year, I have been able to read a ton of great books focused on social justice, culturally relevant pedagogy, and disrupting white supremacy c

Transparent moment. There have been at least 50 separate occasions throughout my adult life where I’ve contemplated leaving this rollercoaster of a relatio

As the school year begins, we hear lots of deficit-laden words like “Title I,” “tough,” “low-income,” and “low-achieving” to describe primarily Black and b

It is no easy thing to help high school students become better critical thinkers. Especially now. The very act of engaging students in the events of the wo

How did this native of Salisbury, North Carolina who joined the army right out of high school end up as a nationally recognized school leader and a member of the Chiefs for Change Future Chiefs leadership development program?

This is the note. This is the note. Mr. Walters, my middle school choir teacher, took his love of music and teaching music seriously. He would say those wo

I can name the Black educators I had growing up on one hand.  One. Hand.  And if I add the ones I had in college and graduate school, I’m still on that sam

Education remains one of the Black community’s most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learnin