It’s Time to Consider Removing Metal Detectors from Schools Now
This week, several members of Congress complained about the hardening of the Capitol after last week’s violent insurrection. They complained that the metal detectors created chaos and lines, infringed on…
“And they cared”: How to Create Better, Safer Learning Environments for Girls of Color
All across the country, girls of color are excluded from school for subjective offenses like these, missing out on…
Self-Advocacy or Defiance in Protests? Depends: Are You White or Black?
“Please, I can’t breathe.” Are these words of “resistance,” or are they a man’s simple plea to stay alive? In seven minutes, George Floyd became yet another Black man who…
What Purpose Does Your Dress Code Serve? Why Inclusive School Policies Matter
When Tvli Birdshead, a senior at an Oklahoma high school was denied the freedom to wear his Native American regalia to graduation this spring, he decided to fight back. After…
Leggings, Tank Tops, and Short Skirts: How Dress Codes Affect Girls of Color
It all started when a Catholic mother of four sons wrote a letter to the editor of the University of Notre Dame newspaper criticizing a group of young women who…
For Black Children, Attending School Is an Act of Racial Justice
As a seemingly twisted way to ring in 2019, the Trump administration has sent a loud and clear message that it’s okay for educators and school leaders to keep Black…
Statement from Former U.S. Education Secretaries John B. King Jr. and Arne Duncan on Trump Administration Recommended Rollback of Discipline Guidance
PRESS CONTACT FOR JOHN B. KING JR. Nicolle Grayson 202.293.1217 x354 ngrayson@national.edtrust.org PRESS CONTACT FOR ARNE DUNCAN Amy Low amy@emersoncollective.com “Once again, the Trump administration turns its back on our…
Serena Williams and the Audacity to be a Black Woman or Girl with a Voice
By now, we all know what happened in the women’s final match at the US Open. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that what Serena Williams experienced…
On School Discipline: Q&A with Educator and Activist, Brittany Packnett
2.7 million — that is the approximate number of students who were suspended from their school environments on one or more occasions during the 2015-2016 school year, according to the…