Stories

Black Excellence Does Exist and It Lives in Our Kids

I’m guilty of saying Black boys and girls are failing in school—a good chunk of us are. Going forward, I’m committing to correcting that language and mindset because I’ve realized how dangerous and...

remote learning

Here's How We Helped Hundreds of Low-Income Students Achieve This Summer, Despite the Pandemic

This spring, as schools limped across the virtual learning finish line, the consensus on virtual learning amongst educators was that this form of schooling could never match the quality of in-person...

IEP

How I'm Helping My Child With Special Needs Navigate Remote Learning

My children always start school two weeks before everyone else. So after two weeks of e-learning—or what I am calling two-weeks “in the trenches”—I feel like I am ready to offer suggestions to all...

Chicago

Black People, We're Tired. But Letting Up on Education Is Letting Up on Our Kids.

For the past few weeks I’ve been going in on everything and everybody I feel has a hand in blocking the progression of and crusade for educational liberation for Black kids, especially during...

Chicago

3 Questions Every Educator Should Ask to Prepare for School This Year

There are some things we understand much better today than we did four months ago. Leading school districts and schools of all grade levels during the COVID-19 pandemic has become the greatest...

Chicago

Join the National Day of Action Demanding #InternetForAll

There are at least 15 million students in this country who don’t have reliable access to the internet. With schools closed during a pandemic, that means these students can’t go to school. We can...

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When School Reform is Not Enough

Black Excellence Does Exist and It Lives in Our Kids

Here's How We Helped Hundreds of Low-Income Students Achieve This Summer, Despite the Pandemic

How I'm Helping My Child With Special Needs Navigate Remote Learning

Black People, We're Tired. But Letting Up on Education Is Letting Up on Our Kids.

3 Questions Every Educator Should Ask to Prepare for School This Year

Join the National Day of Action Demanding #InternetForAll

Support Us