Teaching
We Never Learned About Black Wall Street. So, What Else Is Missing From Our Curriculum?
Did you ever learn about Black Wall Street and the Tulsa, Oklahoma Massacre? I know I did not. It was not until I was an adult. Did you learn about the Rosewood, Florida Massacre in school? I didn’t,...
CRT
Here's Why Teachers Pay Teachers Is Fueling Culture Wars in the Classroom
Anytime K-12 curriculum is the subject of breaking news, it's generally a bad sign for things to come. When things like textbooks, lesson plans, and history projects make headlines—things that make...
Educational Opportunity
Education Needs a Bigger Tent, Not a Bigot Tent
In the past several years, right-leaning education reformers have been contemptuous of—and frustrated by—progressives who brought a justice orientation into the movement. Back in 2015, Rick Hess at...
CRT
A Year Later, One Thing Is Clear: Being 'Woke' Isn't Nearly Enough
It has been a year since the murder of George Floyd and the “American Spring” that followed it. Corporate America, sports leagues, marketing firms, and nonprofits of all kinds have made public...
CRT
The Real History of Teachers Being Complicit in the Miseducation of Black and White Children
As we celebrate and honor what would have been Malcolm X’s 96th birthday this week, I can’t help but think of his legacy in the context of today’s whitelash against speaking and teaching truth to the...
bias
You Could Not Raise Colorblind Children Even If You Wanted To
There is a meme going around, well not a meme, a genre of a meme. They typically feature kids from visibly different ethnic backgrounds getting along swell. Usually, the kids are in some type of...