Tracey, a high school teacher in the Philadelphia School District, remembers the hurtful comments she heard from parents when she started her career over a decade ago as a young Black teacher …
Alisha Butler – Provost’s Equity Fellow, Wesleyan University Lisa D. Tinsley – KISA Public Media Food deserts. Poor housing conditions. Lack of community investment. These challenges may not always come …
Mildred Boveda – Associate Professor of Special Education, Penn State When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that …
Toni Sturdivant – Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerc When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells – …
Nationally, one in six children miss 15 or more days of school in a year and are considered chronically absent. Education officials have lamented that all this missed instruction has for years constituted …
John Holden – Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Oklahoma State University In a recent interview published in GQ, NBA star LaMelo Ball downplayed the importance of college for athletes who aspire …
By Liz Szabo Before the pandemic, 16-year-old Na’ryen Cayou had everything he needed. He had his own room. A partial scholarship to a boys’ prep school. A spot playing trombone in …
By Virginia Anderson More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests. The reasons for the …