student achievement
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...
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...
Teaching
No Thanks, Mr. President. I Will Never Carry a Gun to School.
President Trump, I heard about your offer to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. You even offered us training to be an expert in the use of them, and we will get a bonus, too! That is a first...
Teaching
This Black History Month Teach Your Students About African-Americans in the Military
To be a leader means you’re always prepared for the inevitable battle that is to come. Every Black History Month, we learn about the leaders who weren’t afraid to march forward in fighting the...
Politics
My Hands Will Ache and My Voice Will Shake, But I'll Be the Change That Helps Protect My Students
This week I came back to work after a five-day break. My 116 high school students should have been returning from a long weekend filled with too much sugar, trips to the movie theater and...
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...