The Education Trust Names Members to Inaugural Research Advisory Board
March 06, 2023 by EdTrust Organization draws upon leading university researchers to inform research on how to support student outcomes WASHINGTON – Today, The Education Trust announced the members of its inaugural national P-12 Research…
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…
The Culture Wars Have Come to the Classroom. Now What?
November 03, 2022 by Denise Forte There are many problems roiling America’s public schools, including culture wars that have found their way into the classroom, school libraries and school board meetings over the past several months.…
U.S. Public Education is Under Attack. It’s Time to Take a Stand.
February 28, 2022 by Lynn C. Jennings, Ph.D Black History Month is a time when we honor such American heroes as Toni Morrison, Ruby Bridges, and Martin Luther King Jr. And yet, the celebration of the contributions of…
Black History Is American History: How Juneteenth Highlights the Necessity of Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racist Teaching
June 17, 2021 by Eric Duncan, J.D. Juneteenth, the official freeing of enslaved people on June 19, 1865, in Texas, is one of the most important events in American history — but most students haven’t even been…
The Bans on Critical Race Theory Are the Latest Attempt to Legislate Ignorance
June 01, 2021 by Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. One hundred years ago this week, a White mob massacred Black residents in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ending generations of Black wealth-building that has yet to recover. But…
How Black Panther Has the Power to Ignite an Education Movement
February 26, 2018 by Samantha Kobbah This Black History Month, the world witnessed a revolutionary movement in film. Black Panther, the first Marvel movie directed by a Black filmmaker and the first to feature a predominantly…
Representation Matters: How the Movie Coco Celebrates Mexican Culture
December 04, 2017 by Mirel Herrera For the second week in a row, Coco, a Disney Pixar film that follows the journey of a young Mexican boy to a magical Land of the Dead, was number…