education

Poverty appropriation & the moral depravity of a society where elite education has the highest stakes

How my experience as a Black man working with children was tainted by racism

Talking to Black youth about the complexities of sexual racism after Wilder v Fury

After graduating college, I received my best education from my uncle and his books

Black women student leaders often feel unsupported in their roles

Being a Black educator doesn’t mean you aren’t teaching anti-Blackness

“Who taught you to love yourself?”: How political education moved me to leave academia

Morehouse’s new policy accepting trans men misses the point by clinging to the gender binary

Sexual assault programs must address racial power dynamics & acknowledge the history of racist lies about assault

The recent college admissions scandal is just a fraction of the rigged American Education System

Colleges sanitizing remnants of white supremacy on their campuses isn’t progress

Oklahoma City school to be designed specifically for homeless students

480,000 students affected as Los Angeles teachers go on strike for better wages, conditions

Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues

Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight for justice

Black Miami student says she was accused of cheating after improving SAT scores, hires lawyer

Parents outraged as New Orleans votes to become the first major city in America with an all charter school system

Betsy DeVos to roll back school racial discrimination rules enacted by the Obama administration

A Black woman-led Philly non-profit hopes to revolutionize how we teach sex ed to girls

Being a Black teacher is not enough for Black children

New study shows how student loan debt worsens economic inequality for Black people

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

It’s not just We Got Y’all: When non-profits frame Black youth as deprived & in need of saviors

Why Black children must see themselves in the classroom.

Black academics need to stop reproducing anti-Black notions of exceptionalism

How schools shame poor students

Why the NYC specialized high school exam is discriminatory and must be terminated.

What I learned about the work it takes to protect children from anti-Blackness from being homeschooled

American history classes are actually worsening kids’ understanding of America

New study shows denies popular myth, shows private schools are not better than public

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