Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

Kwame Sarfo-Mensah is the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, a global educational consulting firm that specializes in developing K-12 teachers into identity-affirming educators. Throughout his 17-year career as a classroom teacher, author, and consultant, Kwame has earned numerous accolades for this work, which include being honored as the 2019 National Member of the Year by Black Educators Rock, Inc. and being recognized as a Top Education Influencer by brightbeam, Inc. in 2021 and 2022. His newest book, "Learning to Relearn: Supporting Identity in a Culturally Affirming Classroom", is out now.

Posts By Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

anti-racism

Teaching Black History Must Start at Home

When I came across a tweet about the Miami Police Department’s unveiling of a designed patrol car in honor of Black History Month, my immediate thought was that this is no different than the Black...

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Math

Black History Should Be a Requirement in Math Curriculums

In the words of Clark Atlanta University professor Chike Akua, Black children are “victims of cultural identity theft. Someone has stolen their identity of excellence, intelligence and achievement...

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Math

Are Instructors Teaching Math Or Reinforcing Schooling?

I have two questions for my math teacher friends: Do you require your students to memorize formulas and algorithms for tests/quizzes or do you provide them with a formula sheet? And for those who...

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Educators, Watch for These Legislative Efforts in 2023

You’ve probably heard this a gazillion times but I think it’s worth mentioning again, especially considering what has been transpiring in our educational landscape…….the work that we do, as...

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Indigenous Peoples

A Call-in from a Native Educator Helped Me Change My Settler Colonial Behavior

In March of 2021, I was in the thick of the social media marketing campaign for my company’s inaugural Stay True to the Teacher in You Virtual Summit. The summit’s stated mission was twofold: to...

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Give a Kid an Algorithm and They Learn for a Day; Teach Them How to Solve Problems and They Learn for a Lifetime

Okay y'all, I got a confession to make. I have a love-hate relationship with mathematical algorithms–those simple step-by-step directions that can be used to solve problems. The real math folx know...

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