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Reset Your Algorithm, Reset Your Biases By Following These Education Activists

Hey, white educators, stop your doom-scrolling and reset your algorithm in a way that can reduce your biases. If you follow Black teachers and education activists, I promise several things will...

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Diversity

Teaching Patriotism: Embracing Multiple Paths in Our Curriculum

The future of civic education and social studies is on the ballot in November. Hold your eye roll. I know this is instance No.1,292 of someone telling you that catastrophe looms for “X” if you vote...

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Achievement Gap

96% of Pennsylvania’s Teachers Are White. That’s a Problem.

Imagine a doctor knowing vital, life-saving information about your health, but not sharing it with you. It would be not only unacceptable, it would be grounds for dismissal. Choosing not to act, when...

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Diversity

The New Niagara Initiative is Amplifying Black Voices to Improve Black Education

The New Niagara project is a modern-day initiative with deep historical roots, designed to define and improve the state of Black education in the United States. Based on the spirit of the original...

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Diversity

How Do We Make Our Classrooms Feel Like Home to Each and Every Student?

For context, I’m a first-generation Ghanaian American who has spent all but three years of my life living outside of Ghana. While I mostly understand my family’s home language, Twi, I grew up not...

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Diversity

The DNC’s Missteps Reminded Us About The Importance Of DEIJ Work In Schools

Last month, I tuned into the Democratic National Convention online. The one thing that was very clear to me was the Democratic Party’s attempt to be inclusive of and honor the intersections of many...

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