Educational Opportunity
ChatGPT Lied To Me About Charter Schools
Charter schools segregate Black and other minority students and worsen economic and racial isolation. That “fact” was given to me by the artificial “intelligence” of ChatGPT. A few days ago, I asked...
Teaching
Teaching Critical Thinking? Start with Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance gave America the discussion starter it needs right now, and it reminded many educators of the best ingredients for a lesson plan. Rich in...
anti-racism
Black Boys and Men Need More Appreciation and Less Stereotyping
For those of us who’ve been educators for decades, social media can reveal the reverberating impact of our efforts, and sometimes the work that remains to be done. It is inspiring and poignant to...
Diversity
Racial CrossFit Exercise for Black History Month: Study White Racism
"If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor...
anti-racism
Learn, Baby, Learn: MLK Defended Self-Determination in Black Education
Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we must navigate competing realities: the enduring salience of his words and the ways they are all too often misused, the ways they are stripped of context,...
equity
The Real Cost of Equity Backlash in Schools Is Student Safety
With the arrival of the second Trump administration this January, a host of new dynamics and realities will emerge in education politics. The incoming president has made it known that he intends to...
