opportunity gap
Stop Trying to 'All Lives Matter' the Black Struggle for Educational Justice
Outrage: White People Won't Be Satisfied Until We Make Our Struggle About Them I get tired of people trying to “All Lives Matter” my advocacy—especially White people. When I write these pieces...
School Funding
America Has Always Used Schools as a Weapon Against Native Americans
When Michelle Obama and her husband visited students of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota in the summer of 2014, she met students whose lives had been ravaged by substance abuse and...
Parents
If We Really Want to Change Our Schools, We Need to Get Real About What's Happening in Them
Thirteen years after Hurricane Katrina and the reunification of all schools under the governing of Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), we are still having conversations about how to make schools...
Parents
If You're Black and Low-Income in Oakland, You Have to Fight for the Right to a Good School
Every family should have the right to a good school for their kids. But it turns out that if you’re Black and low-income in Oakland, you have to organize and fight for that right. That’s what I...
IEP
Here's What Happens When You Incorporate Equity Into Every Part of a School
In 2015, I co-founded Kingsman Academy Public Charter School. We welcome all high school students and center those who are overage and under-credited, who have attendance problems or have behavioral...
equity
If You're Going to Teach Culturally Diverse Students, You Have to Check Your Worldview
Often, there are instances in multicultural education that teachers are flat-out not ready for. Situations that can arise teaching low-income or students of color become challenges not because...
