No matter the school, the goal is to ensure students know and feel that they are welcomed, valued and that the staff appreciates students attending every d
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It Doesn’t Take a Miracle to Educate Kids of Color
Outrage: We’re Wasting Time Last week I went to my first Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. I came home empowered, insp
Read MoreEven When Teachers Don’t Feel Safe, They Don’t Support Guns in the Classroom
Hear us teachers loud and clear: We do not want to be armed, and we do not want to work in prison-like school buildings. We became teachers to help student
Read MoreWe Need to Keep Talking About Serena Williams and the Dignity of Black Children
By now we’ve all seen the headlines after the most recent U.S. Open in which Serena Williams lost to Naomi Osaka. Yet the headlines weren’t about the match
Read MoreThat’s Right, I’m on the Roland Martin Bandwagon
Outrage: Access Still Denied Last week, my mentor and sister in the struggle, Kenya Bradshaw, dropped a gem at the LEAP InnovatEd Summit that really made m
Read MoreStudents Speak Out on School Suspensions
Much has been written about the negative impacts of suspending and expelling students—it leads to worse academic outcomes, increases the odds of students d
Read MoreWhen Love Is Grounded in the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations, It’s the Wrong Kind of Love
Teachers love their students. We see the joy they show every year as students return back to school, despite constant beat downs on their profession and st
Read MoreParents Don’t Want Their Kids to Be Teachers But I Do
Recently, I overheard my daughter in the kitchen giving her friend instructions on how to make guacamole. She was so patient, even-keeled, and genuinely he
Read MoreWhat Happened to Serena Williams at the U.S. Open Happens to Black Girls in School Every Day
Serena Williams, decidedly the greatest athlete of our generation, is no stranger to the obstacles of being a strong, Black woman. This past weekend at the
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