student achievement
This Is Our Window of Opportunity to Create a Diverse Teacher Workforce
Racial segregation remains a major issue for American students more than 65 years after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education. Racial segregation is especially...
Diversity
Courageous Inclusive Leadership Can Overcome the Polarization of Public Education
School superintendents and state education commissioners have some of the most challenging jobs in America. To succeed, one must be a talented educator, a collaborative community leader, and a...
COVID-19
How I Navigate the Principal's Gambit to Keep Everyone on the Board
This ain’t checkers. It’s chess. It was guidance offered to me by Wayne Greer, a veteran principal and mentor, as I joined the ranks of school leadership in the Pacific Northwest. He didn’t explain...
COVID-19
We Owe It to Our Students to Do Some Racial Justice Homework This Summer
This has been the longest year of my teaching career. Not literally, of course. Like many of you, I’ve worked about 200 days since last August, just as I do every year. Every educator, however, knows...
CRT
6 Questions Every Black Teacher Should Ask When Joining a New School
For many teachers, the end of the school year not only serves as an opportunity to deeply reflect on how the year went, but also a time to reevaluate whether our current schools are still the right...
equity
The System Is Not Built for Teachers to Have an Opinion
At the close of the 2020-2021 school year, I experienced the most significant “break-up” of my life. The following is my unexpected farewell to teaching ......