anti-racism

In January 2013, just before Bill de Blasio was sworn in for his first term as New York City’s mayor, a reporter asked him what he wanted his legacy to be.

All parents want what’s best for their kids. We do everything in our power to ensure that our children have opportunities and positive experiences whenever

There’s something depressingly familiar about the privileged pushback we’re seeing in Massachusetts around the ballot measure to lift the cap on charter sc

No one believes White teachers seek out jobs in urban schools with the intent of harming students and offending their families. Most are enthusiastic and w

Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble and kind: Beware the day They change their mind! —Langston Hughes I’ve been getting some pushback about writing as

While much of education world is locked in circular discussions (mostly centered on charter schools) that is bitterly dividing advocates and opponents into

This month the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ratified a resolution to place a national moratorium on public charter sc

Recently I joined hundreds of fathers and male mentors at my daughter’s school for their annual “Dads Walk Your Child to School Day.” As I looked around at

As we dive head first into this school year, I urge teachers, parents and leaders to think deeply about the mission of schooling and the mission of teachin