In March, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to cease publication of six of the prolific writer’s works due to his demeaning caricatures of non-white ethnicitie
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We’ll Never Agree on CRT, but We Can All Agree We Want to Produce Students Who Do Good
Our world has been forever changed as a result of the pandemic as well as the racial unrest of 2020. We learned new ways of being — how to be alone, how to
Read MoreHere’s Why Black People Being Whipped at the Border Is Like the Public Education System
Look at this picture of a white man on a horse appearing to whip a Black man. And no, this isn’t from the year 1712. It’s from earlier this week — the Uni
Read More4 Ways Administrators Can Better Support Teachers This Year
Teachers are walking away from education, but the pandemic has accelerated the exit of some educators. I have spoken to several principals who have not fil
Read MoreThese 5 Anti-Racist Books Will Help Level Up Your School’s Professional Development
Over the past year, I have been able to read a ton of great books focused on social justice, culturally relevant pedagogy, and disrupting white supremacy c
Read MoreIt’s Time to Dump Deficit-Based Data
As the school year begins, we hear lots of deficit-laden words like “Title I,” “tough,” “low-income,” and “low-achieving” to describe primarily Black and b
Read MoreWhy We Can’t Just Shut Up and Teach
It is no easy thing to help high school students become better critical thinkers. Especially now. The very act of engaging students in the events of the wo
Read MoreQ&A: Selma’s Superintendent Keeps Kids Learning, Even as COVID Rages
How did this native of Salisbury, North Carolina who joined the army right out of high school end up as a nationally recognized school leader and a member of the Chiefs for Change Future Chiefs leadership development program?
Read MoreI Hope My Black Students Will Become Educators Too
This is the note. This is the note. Mr. Walters, my middle school choir teacher, took his love of music and teaching music seriously. He would say those wo
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