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Diversity

Reset Your Algorithm, Reset Your Biases By Following These Education Activists

Hey, white educators, stop your doom-scrolling and reset your algorithm in a way that can reduce your biases. If you follow Black teachers and education activists, I promise several things will...

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anti-racism

Black Panther Party's Legacy: Empowering Education for Black Youth

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense turned 58 this October. Its Ten-point Platform and Program, written by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, is as vital as ever. As a Black man who grew up as one...

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Diversity

Teaching Patriotism: Embracing Multiple Paths in Our Curriculum

The future of civic education and social studies is on the ballot in November. Hold your eye roll. I know this is instance No.1,292 of someone telling you that catastrophe looms for “X” if you vote...

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bias

Study Confirms: White Educators Harming Black Girls With Biased Discipline

A Black child will have a fundamentally different schooling experience than their white peers. A new federal report shows that bias in the daily experience of school for Black girls is profoundly...

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Achievement Gap

96% of Pennsylvania’s Teachers Are White. That’s a Problem.

Imagine a doctor knowing vital, life-saving information about your health, but not sharing it with you. It would be not only unacceptable, it would be grounds for dismissal. Choosing not to act, when...

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Diversity

The New Niagara Initiative is Amplifying Black Voices to Improve Black Education

The New Niagara project is a modern-day initiative with deep historical roots, designed to define and improve the state of Black education in the United States. Based on the spirit of the original...

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