It’s nearly summer, and while for most that means the end of a school year, for many it also means transition. Preschoolers transition to kindergarten, elementary students to middle school, and...
When you see them, they may be laughing, talking loudly, listening to music that is not your music. They may be dressed in clothes that are not your clothes, speaking words that are not like yours....
As an educator, I am sometimes left with more questions than answers. One question that I have is how come conducting a mock slave auction is a popular way to teach slavery to elementary students?...
I don’t know about y’all but I get tired of seeing annual reports basically saying the same thing: Black people in America are suffering. Like this Urban League report that highlights racial...
Often, you hear about leaders, far earlier than you meet them. Sitting in a café near the school where I lead as principal, Mastery-Shoemaker, I was approached by a beaming waitress. “My...
