Stories

anti-racism

Why the Time Requires Us to Teach Like Malcolm

As we celebrate and honor what would have been Malcolm X’s 97th birthday, I can’t help but think of his legacy in the context of today’s whitelash against speaking and teaching truth to the youth...

Social Emotional Learning

3 Strategies To Help Kids Heal When Racist Tragedies Strike

Students across our nation started another week of school after yet another tragic mass shooting motivated by racism and hate. Teachers will face students who have likely heard about how an...

Here's How the 'Brown' Decision Impacted Black Teachers

To close Black History Month 2020, brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart took to a Twitter thread to share some history on the Black teaching force in America. Specifically, the unintended consequences of the...

Teaching

It Didn't Take Long for My Students to Ask About the Buffalo Shooting

It didn’t take long for them to ask. Just a little bit of downtime and a student approached. “Mr. Wamsted, did you hear about the shooting in Buffalo?” All around the country, teachers went to school...

Charter Schools

Don't Stop With Baby Formula and Meat, Joe. End All Monopolies That Harm Children.

Recently President Joe Biden made a blistering indictment of the meat industry. The president accused the industry of being a monopoly. Biden boasted about how much he and members of his...

Teaching

3 Ways Schools Marginalize Asian Students

A spotlight has been shined on the treatment of Asian Americans for the worst possible reason. Hate crimes against Asians have risen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Some people have attributed...