bias
Restorative Justice Isn't Just for the Students, It's for the Adults Too
Let’s face it: Our public schools are, in the main, alienating and repressive institutions whose function it is to provide our society with an army of docile, even if skilled, workers whose labors...
Special Education
School Discipline Explained: Why It Harms Students of Color and How We Can Fix It
Over many decades, America’s disciplinary policies, from preschool to high school, have disproportionately affected marginalized students. This difference creates a “discipline gap.” Black students...
anti-racism
We Need to Keep Talking About HIV With Our Students
As a kid born in the 70s and raised primarily in Arkansas, I was a skeptic for the first seventeen years of my life. Growing up Black and the second son of a Black evangelical preacher, who also...
Social Emotional Learning
We Need to Provide Gender Identity-Affirming Mirrors for Our Youngest Learners
J, a seven-year-old boy in my classroom, was bright and energetic, always wanting to help and always starting the day with a smile. J liked to play fashion shows, paint nails and ballet dance. The...
equity
Trust Me, You Do Not Want Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Education Committee
From insurrection to impeachment to inauguration—January has been quite a month for current events! And maybe you thought you could safely tune out of politics—at least a little—after the...
CRT
Here's Why 'No Politics in the Classroom' Isn't Working for Marginalized Students
Which of the following is too political to be displayed in a public school teacher’s classroom? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. One nation, under God, with...