Teaching

Once, many years ago, I was arguing with a colleague. I have no idea what we were arguing about. I am sure, however, that I was as much to blame as she, if

I am a firm believer that in order to become an anti-oppressive educator and advocate, one must fully understand the nature of oppression. While finishing

This year has been the ultimate educational experiment. For years the question has loomed: Given a strong curriculum, can students learn just as effectivel

Across the entire United States, there aren’t nearly enough Black teachers inside classrooms.  According to the National Center for Education Statistics, l

“I am a white ally,” the 30 something-year-old white teacher declared emphatically in the diversity and inclusion professional development session. She sna

I have been navigating majority (or all) white spaces for a very long time. Whether it was the tracked gifted and talented classes or my time at university

On January 6, as my students were learning about the history of trench warfare during World War I, I had no idea that our own Capitol was under attack―and

When I was eleven, my teacher divided our class into groups of four to complete a project on the United States Constitution. The three other members of my

A war has been waging in my home state of Illinois, and the battle lines have been drawn. In one corner of the ring—the “uber leftists” who justify the nee