Last week, teaching almost killed me. Again. I was driving home from work, having stayed later than typical for a meeting and some organizing. The later drive meant hitting rush hour square in the...
What’s causing school segregation? Some people say charter schools—I say it’s White people. Before y’all get upset, I’m not saying it’s all White people—just the racist ones who don’t want their kids...
I didn’t want to go to school that day. Actually, I just didn’t want to go to math class. We had a test and I wasn’t ready. By the time that class period had rolled around, I was determined to ditch...
Several years ago I went to Chicago to meet the founder of a newly formed education nonprofit that was still housed in a nondescript, temporary location. Our meeting was supposed to be about my...
We’ve got 22 million Black and Latino students in our schools, but there are relatively few teachers of color in the classroom. Dozens, maybe hundreds, of education nonprofits across the country work...
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