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Here's What It's Like to Have a Teacher Think You Can't Write Because You're a Black Boy From Trenton

"Can you see me after school about this?" was scrawled across the last page of my essay in that trademark punitive red ink that teachers always used in school. A sinister visual, it might as well...

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Achievement Gap

We Need More Teachers Like Black Panther’s T’Challa, Now!

I am not an avid comic book reader. In fact, I don’t think I own any at all. But I’m going to see the film based on Marvel superhero “Black Panther,” if for no other reason than how completely and...

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Poverty

Racial CrossFit Exercise for Black History Month: Study White Racism

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor...

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student achievement

Dear Black People, We Can Have a Better Black History Month

The other day I conducted a Facebook poll to see how many of my friends felt that they’d received an accurate and in-depth classroom education around African-American history from K-12. I wasn’t...

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Achievement Gap

Equality in Education Isn’t Enough. I Want to Talk About Equity.

Here in the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, we believe in equality. For education, that means if all students are expected to reach the same performance standards...

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Achievement Gap

For Black Teachers It's About More Than Just Academics

As we celebrate Black History Month and pay homage to our milestones, I reflect on my time inside the classroom. As an African-American woman my purpose in this place, at this time, has been to not...

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