It has been three years since George Floyd was murdered. Three years since we demanded educators teach differently due to what we witnessed in the summer of 2020. Three years since schools started to...
Recently, I was invited as a guest on the DebateMath podcast to participate in a nuanced discussion about the use of math pacing guides in our schools. To be clear, a pacing guide is a document that...
In honor of Black Music Month, I’d be remiss if I didn’t take time to recognize the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop and the significant impact that the culture has had on my life as a student and an...
Editor’s Note: This article contains a racist term quoted in a poem. As a Black educator, every year, and I mean every single year, I am asked by a teacher, usually racially white, what they should...
Mya Gooden, a sixth grader at Salk Elementary School in Clinton Township, wrote me a letter several years ago as part of a class assignment. As the founder of a curriculum company, I talk with many...