Teaching
We’re Not Teaching to Survive the Moment. We’re Teaching to Restore the World.
Teaching The Now As Sacred Sometimes, when I walk into a classroom or sit in a circle with educators or students, I remind myself: This is sacred work. Not just because it’s important, but because...
Black teachers
This Month We Celebrate Members of the Black Educator Hall of Fame
Ed Post has partnered with the Center for Black Educator Development and Philly's 7th Ward to lift some of the greatest minds in Black education, the Black Educator Hall of Fame. There will be one...
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...
Black teachers
The Villain in the Classroom? A Black Teacher Who Dares to Teach Truth
Throughout American history, Black educators who dare to teach truth have found themselves thrust into the center of a societal storm, vilified as boogeymen intent on dismantling the very fabric of...
Black teachers
Honoring Black History Means Honoring Black Educators
In the same way that Black History is as broad as all of American History, the legacy of Black educators is similarly expansive: Black teachers shape education and the entire profession and elevate...
Diversity
The Anti-DEI Crowd is Anti-Black Educator
Every child deserves an excellent education—every child. That’s a principle, presumably, no one would argue with, and I’ve spent my entire career working toward it. Yet, critiques of culturally...
