anti-racism

In 2018, GLSEN’s national school climate study indicated that 59.5% of LGBTQ students “felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and 44.6%

The show was going really well. We were in Pittsburgh, taping a live 8 Black Hands podcast episode at the State of Black Learning Conference, and we were j

This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose.  It happened last week when my 8 Black Hands crew recorded a live podcast at a gatherin

Welcome back to a new year of students and teaching! For some of you, this will be your first group of students and they will make a lasting impact on your

Every student deserves the chance to tell their story. Three years ago, to me, the daily proceedings at the vast majority of schools across my home state o

My social media feeds were drenched with homophobia this week. People were saying how they really felt about my state, Illinois, joining other states manda

Joining a new school community comes with a unique set of challenges. In addition to the difficulties inherent in any new school year, new teachers must al

“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

A tradition for many schools that educate predominately Black children involves welcoming the children back with scores of Black men cheering them on as th