student achievement
One HBCU and One Black-Led Charter School Team Up to Ensure Success for Rural Students of Color
Crossroad Academy Charter School in Quincy, Florida, defies expectations. More than 90% of the school’s 530 students are Black or Hispanic, more than two-thirds qualify for free or reduced-price...
student achievement
Black Male Educators Have Sounded the Alarm, But Will We Listen?
For years, Black males have been underrepresented in P-12 education. While there have been many efforts to diversify classrooms by adding more Black male educators, there are still obstacles to...
Diversity
If Black Male Teachers Benefit Students, Why Are They Underrepresented?
Two percent and shrinking. It’s a statistic that may seem small enough to be insignificant … until you understand what the number represents. Black males make up only 2% of all teachers in P-12...
student achievement
Don't Integrate Schools Just to Benefit White Kids
White progressive educators and parents, I know lots of you. And I know you think diversity in schools is important. But you all are pushing a sales job on other White parents that has harmful...
Diversity
Don't Just Invite Black Men to School on the First Day, We Need Them All Year Long
A tradition for many schools that educate predominately Black children involves welcoming the children back with scores of Black men cheering them on as they enter the building to start the school...
Diversity
Teaching About Race Does Not Make You Un-American
"The Holocaust was an atrocity." This was the example I gave my eighth graders as we were learning our words of the week. And with one word, I learned that my eighth grade students had no idea what...