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I Was a Teacher and I Was Homeless
“Whether you broke or rich you gotta get this Havin’ money’s not everything, not havin’ it is.” —Kanye West, “Good Life” The World Series is underway and
Read MoreBlack People Have Tried the ‘Trust Me’ Relationship With Public Education for 150 Years, It’s Time For Something New
Let’s suppose there are two sides of the education debate that use similar tactics to discredit their opponents, and to acquire Black voices that give cred
Read MorePlease Come in My Classroom and Judge Me. I’m Serious.
Accountability in schools is something that we teachers talk about but rarely own. More often than not, “accountability” is interpreted as “explaining why
Read MoreStudents of Color Are Increasing and Teachers of Color Are Not. Here’s Why and What We Can Do About It.
Promoting diversity to increase the number of Black male teachers, and Hispanic male teachers, in public schools is vital to improving the educational outc
Read MoreOur Charter School Is Our Neighborhood School
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
Read MoreHere We Go Again: White Privileged Suburbs Deciding What’s Best for Black and Brown Children
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
Read MoreTeachers of Color Are ‘Great!’ as Long as Their Voices Are Not Too Black or Too Strong
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
Read MoreOur Schools Need Social Justice Warriors, Not Status-Quo Embracers
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
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