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Veunita’s Coats of Many Colors: Remembering the Detroit Teacher Who Changed My Mother’s Life, #MyBlackHistory
To commemorate Black History Month, Education Post is featuring stories from parents, students and educators that connect past to present in the continued
Read More#MyBlackHistory: College Was a Given in My Nigerian Family and I’m Making Sure the Same Is True for My Students
To commemorate Black History Month, Education Post is featuring stories from parents, students and educators that connect past to present in the continued
Read MoreHere’s Why One Charter School Believes Diversity Is the Future
There is a small but growing number of leaders engaging in intentionally diverse charter schools. To understand these schools and everything they are tryin
Read MoreI’m Trying to Be an Ally to My Black and Brown Students
When I interviewed for my current job teaching ninth- and 10th-grade English in the Minneapolis Public Schools, I was asked this question: How would I resp
Read MoreI Graduated From KIPP Over a Decade Ago and Now I’m Sharing That Same Love and Motivation With My Students
In America today, we are confronted with an unfortunate reality; a reality where our Black brothers and sisters fall victim to others’ beliefs and stereoty
Read MoreBecause I Was Successful at Everything Else I Thought I Would Be Good at Teaching, Too. I Was Wrong.
In October of my first year of teaching, my wife sent me a blog post written by Tom Rademacher, the 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. In it, he wrote, “T
Read MoreMike Miles Is Challenging the ‘Immutable Laws’ of Public Education, and It’s Working
For more than one thousand years, science operated under the immutable law that Earth sat at the center of the universe. When observers questioned this law
Read MoreMy Students Have Already Fought Endless Battles to Survive Before They Even Set Foot in School
Earlier this year, my first year of teaching ninth- and 10th-grade English, I taught a graphic novel called “Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty.” I
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