Stories

One hundred years ago in Tulsa, a white mob looted, burned, and firebombed the community of Greenwood, home to Black Wall Street—a thriving economic and so

To understand the legislative attacks on Critical Race Theory (CRT) that aim to make teaching CRT in schools—including concepts like white supremacy, syste

As award-winning elementary and secondary school educators, we seek to ensure that our students receive an excellent education, to advance our students’ sk

When you visit the Team Yellow website, a powerful statement appears:  We will even the odds through education.  The site, the movement, and the concept ar

It’s June, which means Pride Month is here! In a year where many elected officials and school districts are more determined than ever to center homophobia

There is no shortage of reading material on what parents can do to help their children learn to read. For some useful information, Natalie Wexler has autho

During their senior year, all scholars at all of Democracy Prep’s schools take a rigorous year-long course called Sociology of Change. For the first half o

Over the last 15 months or so, while students in many communities have attended school virtually or in hybrid settings, technology has been a tremendous su

If our goal is to uproot the systemic racism and other prejudices that live within the structure of our educational system and in every school building, th