Racial segregation in U.S. schools has been illegal since the 1950s, but school enrollments remain stubbornly…
Year: 2021
The Education Exchange: School Systems Are More Powerful When They Hire More People
A Distinguished Doctoral Fellow and Graduate Assistant at the University of Arkansas’ Department of Education Reform,…
Outschool CEO on How to Engage Half a Million Virtual Learners
Amir Nathoo Outschool is an online learning platform that offers over 100,000 virtual classes taught live…
My Teacher Didn’t Know How To Be Culturally Responsive, But These Standards Will Help the Next Generation of Teachers
When I was eleven, my teacher divided our class into groups of four to complete a…
The Government Is Still Preventing the Rise of the Black Messiah in Schools Today
I was gifted an advanced screening of “Judas and the Black Messiah” earlier this week and…
A $15 minimum wage is long overdue.
Unbelievably, the minimum wage in America has not been raised since 2007. The time is long…
To the People Pushing Back on Culturally Responsive Teaching During Black History Month
A war has been waging in my home state of Illinois, and the battle lines have…
A Rolling National Teacher Strike Is Why Schools Are Closed
The president of United Teachers Los Angeles, Alex Caputo-Pearl, center, joins unionized teachers at a rally…
Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
It’s time to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Join us at www.berniesanders.com! News….…
Five Intuitions to Guide Assessment in 2021 and After
We’re now entering the 12th month of the pandemic, making it nearly a year since Covid-19…