4 Ways Education Leaders Can Respond to Anti-Black Rhetoric
April 03, 2023 by Phelton Moss From about 1925-1961, Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator and activist who started her own school in Washington, DC, required her students to take both an oral and written Black history…
Censorship is About Power, Not People
March 22, 2023 by Ameshia Cross Amid the fierce debate surrounding what should and should not be taught in classrooms, some far-right-leaning lawmakers have introduced legislation and taken significant steps to limit educators’ ability to discuss…
What Parents Really Want: Less Politicking & More Attention to Students’ Academic & Mental Health Needs
March 21, 2023 by Lynn C. Jennings, Ph.D The “parents rights” debate is an exercise in political bluster over substance. The recent introduction of the Parents Bill of Rights Act (HR 5) in the House of Representatives is…
Guess What? There’s Already Under-Representation in School Curricula
February 15, 2023 by William Rodick, Ph.D. A contentious debate about representation in our nation’s school curricula has been rumbling — and it goes beyond the current focus on the AP African American Studies course. Although the…
Why Students Deserve a Rigorous AP African American Studies Curriculum
February 08, 2023 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. There are more than 3 million students enrolled in AP courses, many of whom — regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender — will be impacted by the decision by the…
Honest History Serves as a Student’s Ultimate Guideposts
February 07, 2023 by Denise Forte As a Black woman, when it comes to knowing myself and my history, I think about how lacking my early years were, and how I spent my adult life playing…
If Book Bans Continue, What’s Left on the Classroom Shelf?
October 13, 2022 by Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Over the past year, more than 4 million students have had their reading freedom curtailed due to book bans. A report by PEN American reveals that these students are educated…
A Transparent Attempt to Divide Parents from Their Children’s Schools
March 29, 2022 by William Rodick, Ph.D. Pulitzer Prize winner and intellectual icon Toni Morrison has received national attention that has forced students to fight for the right to high-quality education. A rash of bills pushing against…
Student Voice: Students are the Collateral Damage in Adults’ Culture War
March 15, 2022 by Kayla Higgs In another attempt to silence the history and experience of Black and Brown communities and coddle White guilt, certain factions are engaging in a political culture war — with the…