STOP Doing or Saying These Things to Students of Color Right Now!
by David Spellmon Disclaimer: To be fair, I’m sure at some points in our careers as educators, we all have ...
The Understanding Gap
by Rodrigo Godinez We always talk about a learning gap, an achievement gap, or whatever you want to call it. ...
Equity, Not Excuses
By Phillip Yarborough Equity has become one of the trendier words in education. Other terms like “equity groups” and ...
Taking a Second Look Closer to Home: Community College is a Fine Next Step
By Jose Medrano As I think back on my college exploration opportunities, I now realize how little research and ...
Everyday Work: Anti Racism and Teaching
When the Milwaukee Bucks, a NBA playoff team, refused to take the court after the Jacob Blake shooting in August, ...
Calling all my White Allies!
Eight minutes…forty-six seconds. Once again the life of a black man has been taken and the world views the last ...
Put your own Oxygen Mask on First: How tapping into SEL can help you to help others.
I needed to get myself together. I’ve always considered myself to be productive, efficient, and constantly seeking to achieve at ...
Emerging from a First Gen College Student to a First Rate Professional
I thought that the struggle of a First Generation Student would end the minute I graduated from college. It was ...
Culturally Responsive Recruiting Requires Woke and WORK. Are you ready?
The data, the research, the demographics are all staggering and compelling. But none more so than the actual experiences of teachers ...
Room 229: Intro to Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy
David (name has been changed) started running. Fast. He ran down the hall, down the stairs and stopped at the exit ...
Do you have an Equity Mindset?
As educators, we approach every school year with the desire to be our very best. When thinking of our profession, ...
Creating a “Farm” System for Teachers of Color: Grow Your Own Program
Research has shown that a concerted effort to recruit teachers of color has been difficult nationwide (D’amico, Pawlewicz, Earley, & ...
Side by Side: The Power of Reading & Relationships for Latino Boys
In a hushed tone, I heard “Mr. Ryan, can I read this book again?” The junior from Montgomery Blair high ...
Pushed over The Edge: Maintaining One’s Motivation in the Craft of Teaching
I’ve been in the classroom for 20 plus years and for much of that time I’ve been drowning in a ...
Back to the Fold: Re-engaging our most marginalized students
Back to the Fold: Re-engaging our most marginalized students with culturally responsive and universally designed instruction. “Mr. Culver, we like ...
Boss’d Up! Leading a Brotherhood of Super Stars
A great education gives our youth the opportunity to achieve goals that can only be imagined. I want students to ...
For Male Educators of Color, Retention Model is Key to Job Satisfaction
Recently, Julius Davis and I wrote an article about the experiences of African teachers who came to the U.S. to become teachers. ...
The BOND White Paper
Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Male Educators of Color by Bolstering Teacher Efficacy and Creating Culturally Engaging Networks. Daryl C. Howard, ...
Our Voice…
Have you ever had a male teacher of color? Too often the answer is no. Male educators of color are ...